Select Readings offers three levels of high-interest reading passages from authentic sources.
Features:
- Compelling topics encourage students to make personal connections with the reading.
- Reading skill instruction prepares students to read purposefully and effectively.
- Vocabulary building skills help students expand their vocabulary base.
Chapter 1 What Is Creative Thinking? 2 (12)
"By changing perspective and playing with our knowledge, we can make the ordinary extraordinary and the unusual commonplace."
Chapter 2 Why I Quit the Company 14 (11)
"I'd been used to living independently as a student, looking after myself and organizing my own schedule. As soon as I started working all that changed."
Chapter 3 The Body Shop 25 (11)
"'I believe I can build a human liver,' proclaims an exhausted Dr. Vacanti, collapsing into his office chair."
Chapter 4 And the Big Winners Were... 36 (12)
"If one person found the joy in this now gargantuan business enterprise, then soccer, the game, is still a remarkable life force."
Chapter 5 Listen Up 48 (14)
"Many people tend to assume listening is basically the same as hearing-a dangerous misconception that leads to believing that effective listening is instinctive."
Chapter 6 Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgment 62 (12)
"Stereotypes are a kind of gossip about the world, a gossip that makes us pre judge people before we ever lay eyes on them."
Chapter 7 East Meets West on Love's Risky Cyberhighway 74 (12)
"Like any physical place, the Internet has predators lurking about, and sometimes they may be hard to spot."
Chapter 8 Students Won't Give Up Their French Fries 86 (13)
"They may be more health conscious, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're eating healthy."
Chapter 9 Getting Into the Game 99 (14)
"This, I'm discovering, is a world in which choice is the rule, boundaries shift at will, and experimentation is the norm."
Chapter 10 Call of the Riled 113 (12)
"Cell phones keep users in touch whether they are on the road, at the grocery store, or in the middle of a national park. And therein lies the problem."
Chapter 11 The Art of Reading 125 (12)
"Reading or the enjoyment of books has always been regarded among the charms of a cultured life and is respected and envied by those who rarely give themselves that privilege."
Chapter 12 When E.T. Calls 137 (13)
"With only a soft beep as herald, the computers have found that one channel in this multitude bears the hallmarks of extraterrestrial origin."
Culture and Language Notes 150 (19)
Maps 169 (5)
Vocabulary Index 174