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Spears: Developing Critical Reading Skills
Developing Critical Reading Skills, 6/e
Deanne Spears, City College of San Francisco
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Online Exercises

  1. The student exercise portion of the Online Learning Center accompanying Developing Critical Reading Skills includes several exercises on verbal analogies. More information, including practice exercises, explanations, and answers can be found on this site sponsored by the SAT.
    www.collegeboard.com/sat/center/q0101/113q.html
    In addition, a site sponsored by Fact Monster offers an Analogy of the Day, along with word and spelling quizzes. The level of difficulty is sufficiently varied that users of any proficiency can learn something and have fun at the same time. The address is www.factmonster.com/cgi-bin/analogy?opt=showint. Spend some time on these sites. What about each of them is especially useful? Do you prefer using printed or online material to practice skills?
  2. Michael Krieger's excerpt from Conversations with the Cannibals on page 139 describes the grim lives of the Kwaio women who reside in the Solomon Islands. Is Krieger's account accurate? Begin your investigation of Kwaio culture and the status of women with this site, which will give you an overview of the island's culture:
    http://www.21stcenturyadventures.com/articles/malatia.html
    Then do a search on the same subject using your favorite search engine. You might begin by typing in "kwaio culture" + "status of women."
  3. Mark Twain's classic 19th century novel Huckleberry Finn has long been a target of censors, both in public libraries and in public school districts. Why has his book been singled out for banning? The first site lists the 100 most widely banned books of the 1990s, including Huckleberry Finn.
    www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/most-banned.html

    For a conservative perspective on this issue, this site, sponsored by the Centerville, Texas School Board, offers a program to get controversial books banned. The board voted to ban four books, among them Huckleberry Finn. The site has several links to other conservative organizations.
    www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq52/banned.htm








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