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LeeAnn Morris Bio   Dr. LeeAnn Morris has over 20 years of community college teaching experience and is committed to helping students achieve their college and career goals.  She takes great satisfaction in continuing Brenda Smith’s legacy of excellence by shepherding Breaking Through: College Reading through its 9th and 10th editions and Bridging the Gap: College Reading through its 10th and soon to be published 11th editions.    LeeAnn is a Distinguished Faculty professor at San Jacinto College near Houston and has been honored there with the Outstanding Faculty Award.  She served as chair of the College Preparatory Department and is delighted to return to the classroom fulltime this fall to teach two levels of integrated reading and writing courses.    LeeAnn is an avid reader and believer in the power and pleasure of lifelong reading.  She has done extensive research on reading workshop approaches for college developmental reading students.  She has witnessed the satisfaction and growth that come from reading often and widely and has incorporated the reading workshop concept into her teaching and into Breaking Through and Bridging the Gap.

Preface

An Overview of Bridging the Gap

 

Chapter 1: Active Learning

What is Active Learning?

   What Are Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience?

   How Does the Brain Screen Messages?

   Brain Boosters

   Brain Boosters: Are You Paying Attention?

Cognitive Styles

   Cognitive Style Preferences

   Global Versus Analytical

   Sensory Learning Styles

   Multiple Intelligences: There Is More Than One Way to Be Smart

   What If I’m Not a Verbal or Logical Learner?

What is Concentration?

Poor Concentration: Cause and Cures

   External Distractions

   Internal Distractions

   Brain Booster: Are You Curious?

   Reader’s Tip: Improving Concentration

Successful Academic Behaviors

   Reader’s Tip: Managing School and Work E-Mail

Summary Points

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SECTION 1: PSYCHOLOGY

Video: “Creativity”

“Becoming More Creative” By Carol Wade and Carol Tavris

Concept Prep for Psychology

SECTION 2: HISTORY

“Home Front Workers, Rosie the Riveter, and Victory Girls” by Jacqueline Jones, et al

Concept Prep for History

SECTION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

“Volunteers Help protect the Environment” from www.peacecorps.gov

 

Chapter 2: Vocabulary

Remembering New Words

   Brain Booster: Use Your Senses to Make More Sense!

   Associate Words in Phrases

   Associate Words with Rhymes or Sounds

   Associate Words with Images

   Associate Words in Families

   Seek Reinforcement

   Create Concept Cards

Using Context Clues

   Definition or Synonym

   Elaborating Details

   Examples

   Comparison

   Contrast

   Antonyms

   Limitations of Context Clues

   Multiple Meanings of a Word

Understanding the Structure of Words

Using a Dictionary

Using a Glossary

Using a Thesaurus

   Brain Booster: Meaning Matters!

Word Origins

Using Analogies

   Reader’s Tip: Categories of Analogy Relationships

Easily Confused Words

Recognizing Acronyms

Recognizing Transitional Words

   Reader’s Tip: Types of Transitional Words

Summary Points

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Vocabulary Booster: Over, Under, Around, and Through

 

Chapter 3: Strategic Reading and Study

What is Strategic Reading?

   Four Types of Readers

   The Stages of Reading

Stage 1: Strategies for Previewing

   Signposts for Previewing

   Reader’s Tip: Asking Questions Before Reading

   Preview to Activate Schemata

   Brain Booster: Schemata and Your Brain

Stage 2: Strategies for Integrating Knowledge with Reading

   Integrating Ideas: How Do Good Readers Think?

   Reader’s Tip: Using Thinking Strategies While Reading

   Metacognition

   Reader’s Tip: Developing Metacognition for Reading

Stage 3: Strategies for Recalling

   Recalling Through Writing

   The Three Steps of Recalling

   Reader’s Tip: Recalling After Reading

   Brain Booster: Use It To Remember It!

Summary Points

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SECTION 1: HISTORY

“Madam C.J. Walker: Business Savvy To Generous Philanthropy” from America.gov Archive

SECTION 2: HEALTH

“High-Risk Drinking and College Students” by Rebecca Donatelle

SECTION 3: BUSINESS

Video: TOMS Shoes: Changing the World

“TOMS Shoes” Be The Change You Want to See In the World”  by Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler

Concept Prep For Business

Vocabulary Booster: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

 

Chapter 4: Main Idea

What is a Topic?

What is a Main Idea?

What are Supporting Details?

Distinguishing Topics, Main Ideas, and Details: A Closer Look

Strategies for Finding Main Idea

   Prior Knowledge and Constructing the Main Idea

   “Informed” Expert Readers

   “Uninformed” Expert Readers

   Identifying Main Ideas Among Sentences

   Questioning for the Main Idea

   Reader’s Tip: Using Questions for Find the Main Idea

Stated Main Ideas

   The Topic Sentence

   How Common Are Stated Main Ideas?

   Where Are Stated Main Ideas Located?

What Are Major and Minor Details?

   Reader’s Tip: Signals for Significance

Unstated Main Ideas

   Unstated Main Ideas in Sentences

   Unstated Main Ideas in Paragraphs

Interpreting the Main Idea of Longer Selections

   Reader’s Tip: Getting the Main Idea of Longer Selections

   Brain Booster: Brains Need the Right Amount Of Sleep

Summary Writing: A Main Idea Skill

   Why Summarize?

   Reader’s Tip: How to Summarize

   Brain Booster: Chronic Stress and the Brain

Summary Points

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SELECTION 1: PHYSCHOLOGY

Video: The Effects of Stress

   “Coping With Stress” by Carol Wade and Carol Tavris

   Concept Prep for Psychology

SELECTION 2: SHORT STORY

   “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter

   Concept Prep for Literature

SELECTION 3: CRIMINAL JUSTICE

   “Fighting Violent Gang Crime with Math” by Stuart Wolpert

Vocabulary Booster: Who’s Who in Medicine?

 

Chapter 5: Patterns of Organization

Textbook Organization: The Big Picture

What do Transitional Words Do?

   Words That Signal Addition

   Words That Signal Examples or Illustrations

   Words That Signal Time or Sequence

   Words That Signal Comparison

   Words That Signal Contrast

   Words That Signal Cause and Effect

   Reader’s Tip: Signal Words for Transition

Patterns of Organization in Textbooks

   Simple Listing

   Definition

   Brain Booster: Brains Like Patterns

   Description

   Time Order, Sequence, or Narration

   Comparison

   Contrast

   Comparison and Contrast

   Cause and Effect

   Classification

   Addition

   Summary

   Location or Spatial Order

   Generalization and Examples

   Reader’s Tip: Patterns of Organization and Signal Words

Clues to the Organizational Pattern

   Brain Booster: Watering the Brain

Mixed Organizational Patterns

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SELECTION 1: NARRATIVE

   “Instant Message, Instant Girlfriend” by Roger Hobs

SELECTION 2: HISTORY

   “Women In History” by Leonard Pitt

 

Chapter 6: Organizing Textbook Information

The Demands of College Study

   Building Knowledge Networks

   The Study Process

   Organizing Textbook Information

   Brain Booster: Exercise to Boost Brain Power

Annotating

   Why Annotate?

   Reader’s Tip: How to Annotate

   When to Annotate

Note Taking

   The Cornell Method

   Reader’s Tip: How to Take Notes: The Cornell Method

   Outlining

   Reader’s Tip: Guidelines for Successful Outlining

   Brain Booster: Sleep and Problem Solving

   Mapping

   Reader’s Tip: How to Map

Summary Points

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SECTION 1: BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

“Watch Your Language” by Gary Armstrong and Philip Kotler

   Concept Prep for Communications and Language

SECTION 2: HEALTH

   “Nutrition, Health, and Stress” by Barbara Brehm

   Concept Prep for Health

SECTION 3: CRIMINAL JUSTICE

   Video: DNA and the Criminal Justice System

   “Police DNA Collection Sparks Questions” by Carolyn Thompson

Vocabulary Booster: The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars

 

Chapter 7: Inference

What is an Inference?

What is Required to Make a Reasonable Inference?

   Implied Meaning in Humor

   Brain Booster: The Brain’s Pleasure Center and Learning

Connotative Language

Euphemisms and Politically Correct language

Figurative Language

   Idioms

   Similes

   Metaphors

   Literary Analogies

   Hyperbole

   Personification

   Verbal Irony

Figurative Language in Poetry

More Types of Inferences

   Inferences from Facts

Inferences About a Speaker or Narrator

Inferences Based on Action and Description

Using Prior Knowledge to Make Inferences

   Brain Booster: Boost Brain Power Through Collaboration

   Expanding Prior Knowledge

Drawing Conclusions

   Reader’s Tip: Making Inferences

Summary Points

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SELECTION 1: SHORT STORY

   “A Dip in the Poole” by Bill Pronzini

   Concept Prep for Philosophy and Literature

SELECTION 2: SHORT STORY

   “The Mountain Man” by Thaddeus Rutowski

SELECTION 3: PERSONAL NARRATIVE

   Video: Illiteracy in the United States

“Fear the College Years” from The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read: A Memoir by John Corcoran

Concept Prep for Political Science

Vocabulary Booster: Can I Get That In Writing?

 

Chapter 8: Point of View

Textbooks and Author’s Point of View

What is the Author’s Point of View?

   What is Bias?

What is the Reader’s Point of View?

   Brain Booster: Male and Female Brains and Their Points of View

What Are Fact and Opinion?

      Reader’s Tip: Questions to Uncover Bias

What is the Author’s Purpose?

What is the Author’s Tone?

   Reader’s Tip: Recognizing an Author’s Tone

Point of View in Editorial Cartoons

Summary Points

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SELECTION 1: PHILOSOPHY

   “Decision” by Gary Kirby and Jeffrey Goodpaster

SELECTION 2: SCIENCE

   Video: Global Warming

   “The Role of Humansin Global Warming” by Teresa Audesirk

SELECTION 3: HEALTH

   “Steroids” by Rebecca J. Donatelle

Vocabulary Booster

 

Chapter 9: Critical Thinking

What is Thinking?

What is Critical Thinking

   Critical Thinking Skills and College Goals

   Reader’s Tip: Four Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers

   Barriers to Critical Thinking

Recognizing an Argument

Steps in Analyzing and Evaluating and Argument

   Step 1: Identify the Position on the Issue

   Step 2: Identify the Support in the Argument

   Step 3: Evaluate the Support

   Reader’s Tip: Types of Support for Arguments

   Step 4: Evaluate the Argument

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Applying the Four Steps of Critical Thinking

   Explanation of the Four Steps

Creative and Critical Thinking

   Brain Booster: The Creative Plan

Summary Points

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SELECTION 1: ESSAY

   Video: The Magic Number of Beauty

   “The Importance of being Beautiful” by Sidney Katz

SELECTION 2: ESSAY

   “Give the Ref a Gavel” by Eldon L. Ham

SELECTION 3: ESSAY

   “How Boys Become Men” by John Katz

Vocabulary Booster: Lights, Camera, Action!

 

Chapter 10: Graphic Illustrations

What Graphics Do

   Reader’s Tip: How to Read Graphic Material

Diagrams

Tables

Maps

Pie Graphs

Bar Graphs

Line Graphs

Flowcharts

Summary Points

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SELECTION 1: PERSONAL NARRATIVE

   “Little Income, Big Debt: Managing Money in College” by Trent Hamm

SELECTION 2: SCIENCE

   Video: The American Diet

   “The Risks and Benefits of Weight Loss Plans” by Campbell, et al.

SELECTION 3: SOCIOLOGY

   “Technology and the Environment” by John J. Macionis

Vocabulary Booster: Play It Again, Sam

 

Chapter 11: Rate Flexibility

Why is Reading Rate Important?

What is Your Baseline Reading Rate?

Factors Affecting Reading Rate and Technique

   Varying rate and technique to Fit Purpose

   Rate Variations and Prior Knowledge

   Brain Booster: Music to Our Ears and to Our Brains

Habits for Faster Reading

   Concentrate

   Stop Regressing

   Expand Fixations

   Stop Vocalizing

   Preview

   Use Your Pen as a Pacer

   Push and Pace: Set a Time Goal

Skimming

   Reader’s Tip: Techniques for Skimming

Scanning

   Reader’s Tip: Techniques for Scanning

Summary Points

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Vocabulary Booster: Foreign Terms

 

Chapter 12: Test Taking

Can Being Test Wise Improve Your Score?

   Brain Booster: Balance Memorization and Application in Test Preparation

General Strategies for Mental and Physical Preparation

   Before Taking a Test

      Reader’s Tip: Preparing For a Test

   During the Test

   After the Test

   Brain Booster: Turn Mistakes into Success

Strategies for Standardized Reading Tests

   Anticipate What is Coming Next

   Read Rapidly, but Don’t Allow Yourself to Feel Rushed

   Read to Learn and Enjoy

   Self-Test for the Main Idea

   Consider All Alternatives Before Choosing an Answer

Recognizing the Major Question Types on Reading Comprehension Tests

   Main Idea Questions

   Detail Questions

   Inference Questions

   Author’s Purpose Questions

   Vocabulary Questions

Strategies for Content Exams

   Multiple-Choice, True-False, and Matching Items

   Short-Answer Items

   Essay Questions

   Reader’s Tip: Key Words in Essay Questions

Locus of Control

Summary Points

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Appendix 1: ESL: Making Sense of Figurative Language and Idions

   Reader’s Tip: Categorizing Idioms

Appendix 2: The Reading Workshop: Topics and formats for Book Discussion

 

Glossary

Index

Photo Credits

Text Credits

An Overview of Concept Preps (Inside Front Cover)

Progress Chart for Reading Selections (Inside Rear Cover)