Synopses & Reviews
Written for upper-level developmental courses, The Reader's Corner features compelling reading selections and strategies that build strong critical thinking and analytical skills. The readings vary in length and reflect a range of sources, from the Associated Press to the works of authors such as Dave Barry, Caroline Huang, and William Raspberry. Longer selections allow students to apply new skills and strategies to material similar what they will encounter in other college courses. Unlike traditional texts that teach reading skills through "skill and drill" exercises, The Reader's Corner inspires students to think critically about what they read by offering a more authentic reading experience. The Third Edition presents new textbook readings and poetry selections, providing students with additional opportunities to practice their skills and work with college-level readings. A robust pre- and post-reading apparatus accompanies each selection and helps build students' vocabulary, critical-reading, and critical-thinking skills.
About the Author
Carol Kanar is the author of several Houghton Mifflin writing, reading, and student success texts: Reading and Writing with Confidence, The Reader's Corner, Becoming a Confident Reader, The Confident Reader, and The Confident Student. She also developed Houghton Mifflin's ReadingSpace, a web-based reading assessment program. Kanar is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she earned the Master of Arts in English, and of Rollins College where she earned the Master of Education in reading. She has 27 years of teaching experience, 20 of which she spent at Valencia Community College teaching reading, writing, and study skills. A frequent conference presenter and speaker, Kanar has served on the Executive Board of the Florida Development Education Association and is an active member of the National Association of Developmental Educators.
Table of Contents
I. Starting Points The Readings in This Book Reading as a Process Practical Strategies for the Readings Essential Reading Skills II. Americans in Transition 1. Jackie Robinson, Henry Aaron 2. The Ritual of Fast Food, Margaret Visser 3. The Power of the Pill, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz 4. Boomer Nation, Steve Gillon 5. My Spanish Standoff, Gabriella Kuntz 6. The Good Daughter, Caroline Hwang 7. 9-11, Diane Wolff 8. Beyond the Gender Myths, Margot Hornblower 9. Of Cosmic Proportions, Jerry Adler 10. Americans in the New Millennium, Mary Beth Norton, David M. Katzman, David W. Blight, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey, Thomas G. Paterson, and William M. Tuttle, Jr. III. Personal Challenges 11. I Saw Anne Frank Die, Irma Sonnenberg Menkel 12. Back to School, Tom Bodett 13. How I Quit Smoking, If I Really Did, Helen Parramore 14. The Boy Who Sees with Sound, Alex Tresniowski and Ron Arias 15. Drive, Shannon Shelton 16. Longevity and Livability, Argus J. Tresidder 17. A Drag Racer, Dan Morse 18. Dreams Do Come True...Someday, Leonard Pitts 19. From The Grapes of Wrath, a novel by John Steinbeck 20. Tropical Storms, James T. Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson and Aaron W. Todd IV. Hard Questions for All 21. Have Today's Schools Failed Male Students? Patricia Dalton 22. Why Do Students at U.S. Military-Base Schools Excel? William Raspberry 23. Black and Middle Class: Both a Victim of Racial Profiling--and a Practitioner, Steven A. Holmes 24. Complaint, James Wright 25. Death Shows Binge Drinking Still Plagues Many Campuses, Angie Wagner 26. Heat Wave, the Editors of Time 27. Does a Raunchy Culture Produce Raunchy Kids? Stephen Chapman 28. Frightening--and Fantastic, Anna Quindlen 29. My Long-Distance Life, Nick Sheff 30. Divorce and Its Effects on Children, Kelvin L. Seifert and Robert J. Hoffnung V. Focus on Work and Careers 31. A Year of African Life Opened My Eyes, Joann Hornak 32. Internships: Previewing a Profession, Elka Jones 33. You're a What? Research Chef, Olivia Crosby 34. E-Learning as Easy as ABC, Harry Wessel 35. Foul Language Could Be a Curse on Your Career, Jacqueline Fitzgerald 36. Until Dust Do Us Part, Dirk Johnson 37. Science and the Gender Gap, Barbara Kantrowitz and Julie Scelfo 38. Home-Work Paradox Persists, Shankar Vedantam 39. Barriers to Communication, Scot Ober 40. What Is Listening? Isa Engleberg and John Daly VI. More Perspectives 41. Some Dying Patients Need Help, Charles F. McKhann 42. Suicide Issue Diverts Us from the Real Problems, Joanne Lynn 43. In Opposition to the Death Penalty, A.E.P. Wall 44. In Defense of the Death Penalty, Marianne Means 45. An Immigration Policy for 'Real Americans', Jack A. Chambless 46. English Spoken Here, Kathleen Parker 47. My Papa's Waltz, Theodore Roethke 48. Those Winter Sundays, Robert Hayden 49. I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. 50. Prejudice and Stereotypes, Douglas A. Bernstein and Peggy W. Nash