I. Reading and Literacy 1. Frederick Douglass, from The Life of an American Slave Reading Strategy: Reading Narratives Reading Strategy Check: Cue Words Reading Strategy: Predicting Vocabulary 2. Helen Keller, from The Story of My Life Reading Strategy: Collecting Ideas Reading Strategy Check: Predicting Vocabulary Reading Strategy: Framing an Answer I 3. Sam Levinson, from Everything But Money Reading Strategy Check: Collecting Ideas Reading Strategy: Marking Text 4. Malcolm X, from The Autobiography of Malcolm X Reading Strategy: Connecting Ideas Reading Strategy Check: Marking Text Reading Strategy: Writing a Summary 5. Vince Nowell, Why We Should Read Reading Strategy: Reading Argument and Persuasion Reading Strategy Check: Writing a Summary 6. Ira D. Epstein and Ernest B. Nieratka, The Proficient Reader Reading Strategy: Reading Exposition--Part I Reading Strategy Check: Previewing 7. Geoffery Rubinstein, History of Printing Reading Strategy: Reading Exposition--Part II Reading Strategy Check: Making All the Strategies Work for You 8. Bernard Malamud, A Summer's Reading Making Connections: Reading and Literacy Library Assignment: The Week I Was Born II. Work and Careers 1. Barbara Garson, McDonald's--We Do It All for You Reading Strategy: Framing an Answer II Reading Strategy Check: Previewing 2. So You Want to Be a Physician/Ophthalmologist Reading Strategy: Reading Interviews Reading Strategy Check: Collecting Ideas 3. Anne W. Clymer and Elizabeth McGregor, Solving the Job Puzzle Reading Strategy: Summarizing Exposition Reading Strategy Check: Connecting Ideas 4. Tomorrow's Jobs Reading Strategy: Summarizing Exposition Reading Strategy Check: Connecting Ideas 5. Robert Lewis, Looking for Work in All the Right Places Reading Strategy: Evaluating Information on the Internet Reading Strategy Check: Framing and Answer 6. James Michener, Work to Make the World Work Better Reading Strategy: Evaluating Qualifications and Sources Reading Strategy Check: Reading Argumentation and Persuasion 7. Jan Halvorsen, How It Feels to Be Out of Work Reading Strategy: Determining the Author's Purpose Reading Strategy Check: Evaluating Sources 8. Anita Shreve, The Day the Mommies Went Home Reading Strategy: Reading Satire Reading Strategy Check: Marking Text 9. Ricky Griffin, Managing Workforce Diversity in Organizations Reading Strategy: Studying a Textbook Chapter and Preparing for an Exam Reading Strategy Check: Applying the Strategies 10. Barbara Holland, The Day's Work 11. William Bridges, Change and Transformation of work Making Connections: Work and Careers Library Assignment: Career Exploration III. Mass Media 1. Linda Ellerbee, Television Changed My Family Forever Reading Strategy Check: Reading Narratives 2. Tom Brokaw, Only Good If You Can Trust It Reading Strategy Check: Determining the Author's Purpose 3. Shirley Biagi, Introduction to the Mass Media Reading Strategy: Mapping Information Reading Strategy Check: Reading Textbook Chapters 4. Jim Trelease, Television Reading Strategy: Detecting and Evaluating Bias Reading Strategy Check: Marking Text 5. Jeff Greenfield, Don't Blame TV Reading Strategy: Reading Comparatively Reading Strategy Check: Summarizing 6. Kathleen Tyner, Can Your Students Read TV? Reading Strategy: Allusions Reading Strategy Check: Using Cue Words 7. Jeffrey Schrank, The Language of Advertising Claims Reading Strategy: Connotation and Denotation Reading Strategy Check: Allusions 8. Christine Lapham, The Evolution of the Newspaper of the Future Reading Strategy: Reading Journal Entries Reading Strategy Check: Putting It All Together 9. John Cheever, from Bullet Park 10. Joe Saltzman, Too Much Information, Too Little Time Making Connections: Mass Media Library Assignment: Exploring an Issue in Television IV. The Family 1. Jacquelyn Mitchard, The New Traditional Family 2. Ian Robertson, Family 3. Stephanie Coontz, The Way We Weren't--The Myth and Reality of the 'Traditional' Family 4. Arlie Hochschild with Anne Machung, The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home 5. Dr. Benjamin Spock, Put Family First 6. Maya Angelou, from Keeping Families Together: The Case for Family Preservation 7. Barbara Kingsolver, Quality Time 8. Erma Bombeck, Technology's Coming...Technology's Coming Making Connections: The Family Library Assignment: The Family, Past and Present
