01135cam a2200181 a 4500020001900000020001600019050001800035100002800053245010100081250001200182260006600194300004300260500001900303505056000322650002100882650002700903700002300930  a9780547189536   a0547189532 00aPE1122b.A35 1 aAlexander, Roberta(ed.)12aA community of readers :ba thematic approach to reading /cRoberta Alexander, with Jan Jarrell.  a5th ed.  aAustralia ;aBoston, MA :bWadsworth Cengage Learning,c2010.  axxxiii, 571 p. :bill., maps ;c23 cm.  aIncludes Index  aPart I. Skills instruction and thematic readings
Chapter 1. The reading process: Joining a community readers
Chapter 2. Working with words: Living with technology
Chapter 3. Topics and Main Ideas: Our foods, Our Culture
Chapter 4. Support for Main Ideas: Staying well
Chapter 5. Patterns of Organization: Where we Live, Our Communities
Chapter 6. Inferences and Reading Literature; Dealing with Gender
Chapter 7. Facts and Opinions: Living in a Diverse Society
Chapter 8. Critical Thinking: Science, Society and Disease
Part II. A Reader's Toolkit
 Index
 0aCollege readers. 0aReading comprehension.1 aJarrell, Jan.(ed.)