Table of Contents

Introduction to Read to Succeed
- The Philosophy of Read to Succeed
- Academic Disciplines
- The Reading Process
- Reading: Freshman 15: Coping with the First Year of College, by Dustin Wax
- Previewing the Features of Read to Succeed
- Guide to Genre
Education: American Education
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Education
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Education
- Reading 1: Learning and Teaching in a Two-Way Calle in Boston, by Michelle Lefort
- Reading 2: The Lowdown on Single-Sex Education, by Hannah Boyd
- Biographical Profile: Ruth Simmons
- SKILL FOCUS: Determining Meaning from Context
- Parts of Speech
- Word Forms
- Connotation
- Contextual Clues
- Vocabulary Development with Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
- Reading 3: A Conversation with Eric Mazur: Using the "Beauties of Physics" to Conquer Science Illiteracy, by Claudia Dreifus
- Reading 4: Should We Reward Good Grades with Money and Prizes, by NEA Today
- From Reading to Writing: Responding to Reading Using a Reflective
- Journal
- Careers in Education
- Textbook Application
- Reading 5: Today's Students, from Becoming a Teacher, by Forrest W. Parkay
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Education
- Reading 6: Our Failing Schools: Enough is Enough! by Geoffrey Canada
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study Tip Using Index Cards to Study Vocabulary
Health: Nutrition
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Health
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Health
- Vocabulary Development: Parts of Speech
- In-Class Health Survey
- Fieldwork Health Survey
- Graphic Analysis
- Reading 1: Fat Chance, by Emily Bazelon
- Reading 2: How Weight Training Can Help Keep the Weight Off, by Gretchen Reynolds
- Biographical Profile: Pierre Dukan
- SKILL FOCUS: Identifying the Main Idea and Topic
- Main Idea versus Topic
- Stated Main Idea versus Implied Main Idea
- Reading 3A: Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks, by Marian Burros and Melanie Warner
- Reading 3B: My Soda, My Choice (Response to Reading 3A)
- Reading 4: The 9 Most Common Kitchen Mistakes Even Healthy Women Make … and Why They're Robbing Your Food of Nutrients, by Amanda Pressner
- From Reading to Writing: Making an Outline
- Careers in Nutrition
- Textbook Application
- Reading 5: Tools for Healthy Eating, from Chapter 2 of Nutrition: From Science to You, 3/e, by Joan Salge Blake, Kathy D. Munoz, and Stella Volpe
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Nutrition
- Reading 6: A Teacher Growing Green in the South Bronx, by Steven Ritz
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Active Reading: Highlighting and Annotating Relevant Text
Environmental Science: Climate Change
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Environmental Science
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Environmental Science
- In-Class Survey: Personal Connection to Environmental Issues
- Reading 1: Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says, by Carl Zimmer
- Reading 2: To Fight Global Warming, Some Hang a Clothesline, by Kathleen A. Hughes
- Biographical Profile: Chico Mendes
- SKILL FOCUS: Identifying Supporting Details
- Types of Supporting Details
- Major and Minor Details
- Reading 3: Climate Change: What You Can Do at Home, by the Environmental
- Protection Agency (EPA)
- Reading 4: My Nobel Moment, by John R. Christy
- Reading 5: Two Environmental Poems: Meltwater, by Maggie Butt / Give and Take, by Roger McGough
- From Reading to Writing: Taking Notes
- Careers in Environmental Science
- Textbook Application
- Reading 6: How Do Ecosystems Work? Excerpt from Biology: Life on Earth
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Sustainability
- Reading 7: Greening the Ghetto, by Majora Carter
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Skimming and Scanning
E-Commerce: Internet Marketing
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of E-Commerce
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Internet Marketing
- Reading 1: www.FriesWithThat?.com, by Stephanie Rosenbloom
- Reading 2: UN Report Highlights Massive Internet Gender Gap, by Colin Neagle
- Biographical Profile: Larry Page and Sergei Brin
- SKILL FOCUS: Making Inferences
- Reading 3: Got a Search Engine Question? Ask Mr. Sullivan, by Jefferson Graham
- From Reading to Writing: How to Compose an Email to a Professor
- Textbook Application
- Reading 4: Emerging Markets: Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Emerging Business
- Online by Lara Fawzy & Lucas Dworski
- Reading 5: Baidu CEO Robin Li Becomes China's Richest Man, by Jimmy Chuang
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on E-Commerce
- Reading 6: The Electricity Metaphor for the Web's Future, by Jeff Bezos
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Communicating with the Professor: Making an Appointment
Criminal Justice: Criminal Investigation
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Critical Justice
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Criminal Justice
- In-Class Survey: Criminal Justice Issues
- Fieldwork Questionnaire
- CSI: You Solve the Case!
- Reading 1: Free and Uneasy: A Long Road Back After Exoneration, and Justice Is Slow to Make Amends, by Janet Roberts and Eliabeth Stanton
- Reading 2: Schizophrenic Teen Looks for Justice After Murder, by Pauline Arrillaga
- Biographical Profile: Eric Holder, Jr.
- SKILL FOCUS: Fact and Opinion
- Facts
- Opinions
- Considering the Type of Text You're Reading
- Reading 3: Excerpt from The Other Wes Moore, by Wes Moore
- Reading 4: Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint: At Yale, the Police Detained My Son, by Charles Blow
- From Reading to Writing: Persuasive Writing
- Careers in Criminal Justice
- Textbook Application
- Reading 5: Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Criminal Justice Today, by Frank Schmalleger
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Criminal Justice
- Reading 6: We Need to Talk about an Injustice, by Bryan Stevenson
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Time Management
Life Science: Nursing
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Nursing
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Nursing
- Reading 1: Engaging Patients in Dialogue: A Partnership, by Megan M. Krischke
- Reading 2: 45, Male and Now a Nurse, by Cecilia Capuzzi Simonnov
- Biographical Profile: Florence Nightingale
- SKILL FOCUS: Patterns of Organization
- Identifying a Pattern of Organization
- Commonly Used Organizational Patterns
- Other Useful Patterns of Organization
- Applying the Skill
- Reading 3: New Approach Addresses Substance Abuse Among Nurses, by Rick Nauert
- From Reading to Writing: Writing a Summary
- Textbook Application
- Reading 4: Succeeding as a Nursing Student: Excerpt from Fundamental Nursing
- Care by Roberta Pavy Ramont and Dee Niedringhaus
- Reading 5: A Nurse's Story (An Excerpt), by Peter Baida
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Practicing Medicine
- Reading 6: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed: Mother and Daughter
- Doctor-Heroes
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Patterns of Organization across Academic Disciplines
Psychology: Nature Versus Nurture
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Psychology
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Psychology
- In-Class Survey on Gender Roles
- Reading 1: Why and How Do People Lie? by Richard J. Gerrig and Philip G. Zimbardo
- Reading 2: "Identical Strangers" Explore Nature vs. Nurture, by Joe Richman
- Biographical Profile: Sigmund Freud
- SKILL FOCUS: Argument
- Recognizing an Author's Argument
- Evaluating the Strength of an Author's Argument
- Reading 3A: No Debate: TV Violence Harms Kids, by Linda S. Mintle, PhD
- Reading 3B: TV Violence Doesn't Lead to Aggressive Kids, Study Says, by Joan Oleck
- From Reading to Writing: Keeping Double-Entry Reading Journals
- Textbook Application
- Reading 4: What Makes Psychology Unique? Excerpt from Psychology and Life, by Richard J. Gerrig and Philip G. Zimbardo
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Mental Illness
- Reading 5: What's So Funny about Mental Illness? by Ruby Wax
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Finding Evidence in the Text
Business: Entrepreneurship
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Business
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Business
- Reading 1: East Meets West, but It Takes Some Practice, by Dan Levin
- Reading 2: China OKs iPhone 6 Sale After Apple Addresses Security Concerns, by Paul Carsten
- Biographical Profile: Oprah Winfrey
- SKILL FOCUS: The Author's Bias
- Determining Bias
- Reading 3: How She Does It--Anya Ponorovskaya, by Michele Zipp,
- From Reading to Writing: Writing a Cover Letter
- Textbook Application
- Reading 4: Excerpt from Understanding the U.S. Business System
- Reading 5: Excerpt from Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture by an Entrepreneur
- Reading 6: The Future of Business is the "Mesh," by Lisa Gansky
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Discipline Focus: Negotiating with International Business Partners
- Study TIP Learning Styles
Political Science: American Government
- INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Political Science
- Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
- Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Political Science
- Create Your Own Survey with a Political Focus
- Reading 1: The Declaration of Independence: The Want, the Will, and Hopes of the People
- Reading 2: Give Non-Citizens the Right to Vote. It's Only Fair, by Ron Hayduk
- Reading 3: Animal Farm (an excerpt), by George Orwell
- Biographical Profile: Barack Hussein Obama
- SKILL FOCUS: Combined Skills
- Reading 4: Should the Voting Age Be Lowered? by Timothy Noah
- From Reading to Writing: Writing to a Political Representative
- Careers in Political Science
- Textbook Application
- Reading 5: Excerpt from Understanding the Political World: A Comparative
- Introduction to Political Science, 12/e, by James N. Danziger and Charles Anthony Smith
- Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Political Participation
- Reading 6: Dance to Change the World, by Mallika Sarabhai
- Chapter Recap
- Further Explorations
- Study TIP Improving Reading Fluency

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