Read to Succeed

David Rothman is a native New Yorker. He earned a B.A. in US History/English and an M.A. in English/Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin. David has studied overseas in Sweden and has taught abroad in both Spain and The Czech Republic. As a doctoral candidate in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center, he has presented his research at international conferences in both Switzerland and Scotland. David has presented on Developmental Education pedagogy at many national conferences with his partner-in-crime, Jilani Warsi. He has co-authored two national-edition reading textbooks with Jilani Warsi: Read to Succeed: A Thematic Approach to Academic Reading and Read to Achieve: Gateway to Academic Reading; and has an integrated reading/writing textbook entitled, Read Think Write, also co-authored with Dr. Warsi. David is also an award-winning short -story writer, and is currently working on a novel. Dr. Jilani Warsi earned an MA in English at Patna University with emphasis on descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, and language teaching. He pursued an MA in applied linguistics at California State University in Northridge (CSUN). After receiving his master's degree in linguistics from CSUN, he taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at the same university. He joined the doctoral program in applied linguistics at Boston University and received his Ph.D. in May of 2001. He has taught in all of these locations, as well as at Salem State, Fisher, and Newbury Colleges; in the Framingham State University's International Education Program in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Costa Rica, Honduras, South Korea, Northern Marianas Islands, and Taiwan, in the Institute for English Language Programs (IEL) at Harvard University where he taught Integrated Skills, Academic Discussion, Professional Communication Workshop, Communication in Business Seminar, and Academic Writing. He currently teaches academic reading and writing in the Department of Academic Literacy at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York. He has co-authored Read to Succeed: A Thematic Approach to Academic Reading; Read to Achieve: Gateway to Academic Reading; and Read Think Write: True Integration of Reading and Writing through Academic Content. His areas of interest are second language acquisition, inter-language phonology, psycholinguistics, and morphology.

1. Introduction to Read to Succeed
The Philosophy of Read to Succeed
Academic Disciplines
The Reading Process
Reading: Freshman 15: Coping with the First Year of College, by Dustin Wax
Previewing the Features of Read to Succeed
Guide to Genre

2. Education: American Education
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Education
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Education
Reading 1: Learning and Teaching in a Two-Way Calle in Boston, by Michelle Lefort
Reading 2: The Lowdown on Single-Sex Education, by Hannah Boyd
Biographical Profile: Ruth Simmons
SKILL FOCUS: Determining Meaning from Context
Parts of Speech
Word Forms
Connotation
Contextual Clues
Vocabulary Development with Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Reading 3: A Conversation with Eric Mazur: Using the "Beauties of Physics" to Conquer Science Illiteracy, by Claudia Dreifus
Reading 4: Should We Reward Good Grades with Money and Prizes, by NEA Today
From Reading to Writing: Responding to Reading Using a Reflective
Journal
Careers in Education
Textbook Application
Reading 5: Today's Students, from Becoming a Teacher, by Forrest W. Parkay
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Education
Reading 6: Our Failing Schools: Enough is Enough! by Geoffrey Canada
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study Tip Using Index Cards to Study Vocabulary

3. Health: Nutrition
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Health
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Health
Vocabulary Development: Parts of Speech
In-Class Health Survey
Fieldwork Health Survey
Graphic Analysis
Reading 1: Fat Chance, by Emily Bazelon
Reading 2: How Weight Training Can Help Keep the Weight Off, by Gretchen Reynolds
Biographical Profile: Pierre Dukan
SKILL FOCUS: Identifying the Main Idea and Topic
Main Idea versus Topic
Stated Main Idea versus Implied Main Idea
Reading 3A: Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks, by Marian Burros and Melanie Warner
Reading 3B: My Soda, My Choice (Response to Reading 3A)
Reading 4: The 9 Most Common Kitchen Mistakes Even Healthy Women Make … and Why They're Robbing Your Food of Nutrients, by Amanda Pressner
From Reading to Writing: Making an Outline
Careers in Nutrition
Textbook Application
Reading 5: Tools for Healthy Eating, from Chapter 2 of Nutrition: From Science to You, 3/e, by Joan Salge Blake, Kathy D. Munoz, and Stella Volpe
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Nutrition
Reading 6: A Teacher Growing Green in the South Bronx, by Steven Ritz
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Active Reading: Highlighting and Annotating Relevant Text

4. Environmental Science: Climate Change
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Environmental Science
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Environmental Science
In-Class Survey: Personal Connection to Environmental Issues
Reading 1: Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says, by Carl Zimmer
Reading 2: To Fight Global Warming, Some Hang a Clothesline, by Kathleen A. Hughes
Biographical Profile: Chico Mendes
SKILL FOCUS: Identifying Supporting Details
Types of Supporting Details
Major and Minor Details
Reading 3: Climate Change: What You Can Do at Home, by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
Reading 4: My Nobel Moment, by John R. Christy
Reading 5: Two Environmental Poems: Meltwater, by Maggie Butt / Give and Take, by Roger McGough
From Reading to Writing: Taking Notes
Careers in Environmental Science
Textbook Application
Reading 6: How Do Ecosystems Work? Excerpt from Biology: Life on Earth
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Sustainability
Reading 7: Greening the Ghetto, by Majora Carter
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Skimming and Scanning

5. E-Commerce: Internet Marketing
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of E-Commerce
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Internet Marketing
Reading 1: www.FriesWithThat?.com, by Stephanie Rosenbloom
Reading 2: UN Report Highlights Massive Internet Gender Gap, by Colin Neagle
Biographical Profile: Larry Page and Sergei Brin
SKILL FOCUS: Making Inferences
Reading 3: Got a Search Engine Question? Ask Mr. Sullivan, by Jefferson Graham
From Reading to Writing: How to Compose an Email to a Professor
Textbook Application
Reading 4: Emerging Markets: Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Emerging Business
Online by Lara Fawzy & Lucas Dworski
Reading 5: Baidu CEO Robin Li Becomes China's Richest Man, by Jimmy Chuang
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on E-Commerce
Reading 6: The Electricity Metaphor for the Web's Future, by Jeff Bezos
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Communicating with the Professor: Making an Appointment

6. Criminal Justice: Criminal Investigation
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Critical Justice
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Criminal Justice
In-Class Survey: Criminal Justice Issues
Fieldwork Questionnaire
CSI: You Solve the Case!
Reading 1: Free and Uneasy: A Long Road Back After Exoneration, and Justice Is Slow to Make Amends, by Janet Roberts and Eliabeth Stanton
Reading 2: Schizophrenic Teen Looks for Justice After Murder, by Pauline Arrillaga
Biographical Profile: Eric Holder, Jr.
SKILL FOCUS: Fact and Opinion
Facts
Opinions
Considering the Type of Text You're Reading
Reading 3: Excerpt from The Other Wes Moore, by Wes Moore
Reading 4: Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint: At Yale, the Police Detained My Son, by Charles Blow
From Reading to Writing: Persuasive Writing
Careers in Criminal Justice
Textbook Application
Reading 5: Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Criminal Justice Today, by Frank Schmalleger
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Criminal Justice
Reading 6: We Need to Talk about an Injustice, by Bryan Stevenson
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Time Management

7. Life Science: Nursing
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Nursing
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Nursing
Reading 1: Engaging Patients in Dialogue: A Partnership, by Megan M. Krischke
Reading 2: 45, Male and Now a Nurse, by Cecilia Capuzzi Simonnov
Biographical Profile: Florence Nightingale
SKILL FOCUS: Patterns of Organization
Identifying a Pattern of Organization
Commonly Used Organizational Patterns
Other Useful Patterns of Organization
Applying the Skill
Reading 3: New Approach Addresses Substance Abuse Among Nurses, by Rick Nauert
From Reading to Writing: Writing a Summary
Textbook Application
Reading 4: Succeeding as a Nursing Student: Excerpt from Fundamental Nursing
Care by Roberta Pavy Ramont and Dee Niedringhaus
Reading 5: A Nurse's Story (An Excerpt), by Peter Baida
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Practicing Medicine
Reading 6: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed: Mother and Daughter
Doctor-Heroes
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Patterns of Organization across Academic Disciplines

8. Psychology: Nature Versus Nurture
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Psychology
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Psychology
In-Class Survey on Gender Roles
Reading 1: Why and How Do People Lie? by Richard J. Gerrig and Philip G. Zimbardo
Reading 2: "Identical Strangers" Explore Nature vs. Nurture, by Joe Richman
Biographical Profile: Sigmund Freud
SKILL FOCUS: Argument
Recognizing an Author's Argument
Evaluating the Strength of an Author's Argument
Reading 3A: No Debate: TV Violence Harms Kids, by Linda S. Mintle, PhD
Reading 3B: TV Violence Doesn't Lead to Aggressive Kids, Study Says, by Joan Oleck
From Reading to Writing: Keeping Double-Entry Reading Journals
Textbook Application
Reading 4: What Makes Psychology Unique? Excerpt from Psychology and Life, by Richard J. Gerrig and Philip G. Zimbardo
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Mental Illness
Reading 5: What's So Funny about Mental Illness? by Ruby Wax
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Finding Evidence in the Text

9. Business: Entrepreneurship
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Business
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Business
Reading 1: East Meets West, but It Takes Some Practice, by Dan Levin
Reading 2: China OKs iPhone 6 Sale After Apple Addresses Security Concerns, by Paul Carsten
Biographical Profile: Oprah Winfrey
SKILL FOCUS: The Author's Bias
Determining Bias
Reading 3: How She Does It--Anya Ponorovskaya, by Michele Zipp,
From Reading to Writing: Writing a Cover Letter
Textbook Application
Reading 4: Excerpt from Understanding the U.S. Business System
Reading 5: Excerpt from Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture by an Entrepreneur
Reading 6: The Future of Business is the "Mesh," by Lisa Gansky
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Discipline Focus: Negotiating with International Business Partners
Study TIP Learning Styles

10. Political Science: American Government
INTRODUCTION to the Discipline of Political Science
Preview Questions / Writing on the Wall
Discipline-Specific Vocabulary: Understand Key Terms in Political Science
Create Your Own Survey with a Political Focus
Reading 1: The Declaration of Independence: The Want, the Will, and Hopes of the People
Reading 2: Give Non-Citizens the Right to Vote. It's Only Fair, by Ron Hayduk
Reading 3: Animal Farm (an excerpt), by George Orwell
Biographical Profile: Barack Hussein Obama
SKILL FOCUS: Combined Skills
Reading 4: Should the Voting Age Be Lowered? by Timothy Noah
From Reading to Writing: Writing to a Political Representative
Careers in Political Science
Textbook Application
Reading 5: Excerpt from Understanding the Political World: A Comparative
Introduction to Political Science, 12/e, by James N. Danziger and Charles Anthony Smith
Contemporary Issues in the Discipline: A Lecture on Political Participation
Reading 6: Dance to Change the World, by Mallika Sarabhai
Chapter Recap
Further Explorations
Study TIP Improving Reading Fluency