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About Reading
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About the SAT Reading Test"In the Reading Test, students will encounter questions like those asked in a lively, thoughtful, evidence-based discussion." See sample questions.
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The Fall, and Rise, of Reading“The main idea in a text is not on the page,” Jolliffe, who retired last year from the University of Arkansas as a professor of English and of curriculum and instruction, tells them. It’s “something in your head that you need to construct.”
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Getting started with Reading ComprehensionAn article from Khan Academy.
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NYT Opinion: Why You Should Start Binge-Reading Right Now"Ditch Netflix for a novel. And not just because a novelist is telling you to."
Reading at HCC
05/30/2019
Basic Resources
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Learn to Read EnglishThese interactive tutorials from Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc are fun for teens and even adults of all ages. We know because we've used them, too! Highly recommended for reading practice.
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Reading Rockets'Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.'
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SIRS Issues Researcher (Was SiRS Knowledge Source)A suite of databases providing access to periodical articles, reference materials, pictures, government documents, and selected Internet sites, related to a wide range of topics. (Full-text) Learn to Use SIRS Issues Researcher
Eagle Library Search
Style Guides Read!
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The Daily Reader by
Call Number: PE1417 .W443 2009 eBookISBN: 9781582975894Publication Date: 2009-11-10The Daily Reader makes broad reading accessible, invigorates your thirst for the written word, and equips you to put the power of the pros behind your writing.
How to Read A Book
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How to Read a Book (Free eBook version) by ISBN: 9780671212094Publication Date: 1972-08-15Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them--from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading. Readers will learn when and how to "judge a book by its cover," and also how to X-ray it, read critically, and extract the author's message from the text. -
How to Read a Book by Call Number: PN83 .A43 2014ISBN: 1476790159Publication Date: 2014-09-30With more than half a million paperback copies in print and now in this stunning hardcover keepsake edition, How to Read a Book is the classic and definitive guide to reading comprehension for students of literature, scholars across disciplines, and anyone who just loves to read.
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