Synopses & Reviews
Provoke a response from your readers with topics that really matter - Engaging nonfiction and fiction on current topics for the older reader
- Four readability levels allow older students to work at the level right for them
- Focus on study skills and writing in every lesson helps students become better learners
It's important for students to connect with contemporary authors, people pushing the boundaries of ideas and style. We've created
Topics from the Restless to reflect the joys and challenges of reading the great literature being produced right now!
Synopsis
Topics from the Restless provide secondary and post-secondary students with meaningful reading and study skills development while building real-world writing experience.
Synopsis
Provoke a response from your readers with topics that really matterEngaging nonfiction and fiction on current topics for the older reader Four readability levels allow older students to work at the level right for them Focus on study skills and writing in every lesson helps students become better learnersIt's important for students to connect with contemporary authors, people pushing the boundaries of ideas and style. We've created Topics from the Restless to reflect the joys and challenges of reading the great literature being produced right now!Provoke a response from your readers with topics that really matterEngaging nonfiction and fiction on current topics for the older reader Four readability levels allow older students to work at the level right for them Focus on study skills and writing in every lesson helps students become better learnersIt's important for students to connect with contemporary authors, people pushing the boundaries of ideas and style. We've created Topics from the Restless to reflect the joys and challenges of reading the great literature being produced right now!
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY SELECTION
TOPIC 1: FAMILY PORTRAITS
"Spyglass," Bailey White
"The Rake," David Mamet
"Borderline," Kathleen Norris
"Becoming Number One," Jill Nelson
"How We Kept Mother's Day," Stephen Leacock
Topic Review
TOPIC 2: PLACES TO GO, PEOPLE TO SEE
"Cajun Country," Charles Kuralt
"Into the Kenyan Game Reserve," Michael Palin
"In Its Decay, Butte Sees a National Treasure," Timothy Egan
"Letter from France," Maya Angelou
"10 Moscow on the Make," Bill Powell and Owen Matthews
Topic Review
TOPIC 3: DOING WHAT'S RIGHT
"Red Fire Farm," Anchee Mm
"The Cow-Tail Switch," West African Folktale
"Then Came the Famous Kristallnacht," Elise Radell (as told to Joan Morrison and Charlotte Fox Zabusky)
"Children of the A-Bomb," Atsuko Tsujioka (as told to Dr. Arata Osada)
"After Twenty Years," O. Henry
Topic Review
TOPIC 4: FACING THE ELEMENTS
"The Day I Nearly Drowned," June Mellies Reno
"Autumn Storm," Faith McNulty
"Into Thin Air," Jon Krakauer
"A Match to the Heart," Gretel Ehrlich
"Alive," Piers Paul Read
Topic Review
Words-per-Minute Table
Progress Graph
Comprehension Skills Profile