Reading for Thinking

After receiving her B.S. at Southern Connecticut State University, where she was certified as a teacher of secondary reading, Laraine Flemming went on to earn an M.A. in English literature at Boston College and a Ph.D. in American literature at the State University of New York in Buffalo. During her career, Flemming has taught students from elementary to graduate school covering subjects as varied as reading and writing, American literature, time management, speed reading, study skills and most recently, ESL writing and reading. Flemming's journey as a textbook author began while she served as the Director of the Reading and Writing Center at what was then Dean Junior College. Faced with the need for a reading textbook that combined numerous exercises with genuinely thought-provoking readings, Flemming decided to write her own. You can contact Laraine Flemming by emailing her at laflemm@comcast.net or by visiting her website at www.laflemm.com.

1. Acquiring the Keys to Academic Success.
2. Vocabulary Building for College Reading.
3. Recognizing Main ideas in Paragraphs and Longer Readings.
4. Understanding the Functions of Supporting Details.
5. Identifying and Learning from Organizational Patterns.
6. Understanding, Outlining, and Summarizing Longer Readings.
REVIEWING WITH LONGER READINGS.
Heredity or Environment: What Can Identical Twins Tell us.
The Untold Story of Women Combatants in the Civil War.
Appalachia’s Long, Proud Tradition Of Labor Militancy.
7. The Role of Inferences in Comprehension and Critical Reading.
8. Synthesizing Sources.
9. Understanding the Differences Between Fact and Opinion.
10. Analyzing Arguments.
11. Evaluating Arguments.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.
Surveillance is Pervasive.
Ernest Shackleton: A Leadership Legend.
Why Robots Need To Be Able to Say No.
Harvey Milk, Activist and Politician, Led a Revolution.