Table of Contents

Part 1:        Extensive Reading

Unit 1:              Choosing a Book for Extensive Reading

Unit 2:              Reading and Discussing Nonfiction

Unit 3:              Reading an Discussing Fiction

Unit 4:              Responding to and Reporting on Your Extensive Reading Books

Part 2:        Vocabulary Building

Unit 1:              Strategies for Building a Powerful Vocabulary

Unit 2:              Learning New Words from Your Reading

Unit 3:              Inferring Meaning from Context

Unit 4:              Word Parts

Unit 5:              Collocations

Part 3:        Comprehension Skills

Unit 1:              Previewing

Unit 2:              Making Inferences

Unit 3:              Understanding Paragraphs

Unit 4:              Patterns of Organization

Unit 5:              Reading Longer Passages Effectively

Unit 6:              Skimming

Unit 7:              Study Reading

Unit 8:              Summarizing

Unit 9:              Critical Reading

Part 4:        Reading Faster

Unit 1:              Learning to Read Faster

Unit 2:              New Technology and Its Impact Around the World

Unit 3:              People Who Have Made a Difference

Unit 4:              Inventions That Are Changing Our Lives

Appendix 1:      List of 2,000 Most Frequent Words

Appendix 2:      Academic Word List

Appendix 3:      Record of Books Read