Ten steps to building college reading skills: Dictionary use; Vocabulary in context; Main ideas; Supporting details; Locations of main ideas; Relationships I; Relationships II; Inferences; Implied main ideas; The basics of argument
Ten reading selections: Winners, losers, or just kids? / D. Wrightman; The storyteller / Saki; Disaster and friendship / C. Wilson; Read all about it / F. DeBlasio; Adult children at home / M. Mack; How to make it in college, now that you're here / B. O'Keeney; False ideas about reading / R. and P. Winkler; Are you a good listener? / R.L. Montgomery; Dealing with feelings / R.F. Verderber; Childhood stress and resilience / D.E. Papalia and S.W. Olds
Active reading: An introduction to active reading; Practice in active reading, combined-skills tests
Appendixes: Three additional readings; Writing assignments.
