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PART 1: Motivational Skills 1
PART 1: Motivational Skills 2
PART 1: Motivational Skills 3
PART 2: Study Skills 1
PART 2: Study Skills 2
PART 2: Study Skills 3
PART 2: Study Skills 4
PART 2: Study Skills 5
PART 2: Study Skills 6
PART 2: Study Skills 7
PART 2: Study Skills 8
PART 2: Study Skills 9
PART 2: Study Skills 10
PART 3: Important Word Skills 1
PART 3: Important Word Skills 2
PART 3: Important Word Skills 3
PART 3: Important Word Skills 4
PART 3: Important Word Skills 5
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 1
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 2
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 3
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 4
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 5
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 6
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 7
PART 4: Reading Comprehension 8
PART 5: Skim Reading
PART 6: Rapid Reading 1
PART 6: Rapid Reading Quizzes
PART 7: Mastery Tests 1
PART 7: Mastery Tests 2
PART 8: Add'l Learning Skills 1
PART 8: Add'l Learning Skills 2
PART 8: Add'l Learning Skills 3
PART 8: Add'l Learning Skills 4
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Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan
Using the Dictionary
Journal Prompts
1
Look up words under the same letters that begin your first and last name (i.e. if your name is Joe Smith, look under the J's and S's). Select five words from each letter that you didn't know before. Try to find the strangest words in the whole section. Write the words and a short definition here. See if a classmate can guess the meaning of each of your words.
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