The Main Idea: Reading to Learn (3rd Edition)

Based on an interactive reading model, this developmental reading book emphasizes reading to learn. Readers develop an increasingly complex understanding of the reading process through the application of a series of incremental strategies and "game plans." Readings are of varied lengths within the chapters, and a casebook of longer readings all based on the theme of intergenerational relationships is included at the end of the book. Also featuring discipline-specific vocabulary instruction, individual and collaborative activities, critical thinking and reading strategies, and a complete chapter on reading college textbooks, this new edition comprehensively assists the developmental reader. For those interested in developing their reading skills at the 6-9 grade level.