User’s Guide to the Brain
Identifying Your Learning Style
Learning Style Tips

PART ONE ADOPTING SUCCESS BEHAVIORS

Chapter 1- Success Behaviors in the Classroom: Behave Your Way to Success

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter
Six Behaviors for Success in Class

My Toolbox of Classroom Success Behaviors
Chapter Check
Chapter 1 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 1 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 2- Success Behaviors Outside the Classroom: Do the Right Thing

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter
Six Out-of-Class Success Behaviors

My Toolbox of Out-of-Class Success Behaviors
Chapter Check
Chapter 2 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 2 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

PART TWO ACQUIRING VOCABULARY BUILDING TOOLS

Chapter 3- Context Clues: In Other Words

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter
Refining Your Understanding of Words
Reasoning Out Five Types of Context Clues

My Toolbox of Context Clues
Chapter Check
Chapter 3 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 3 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 4- The Dictionary: A Word to the Wise Is Sufficient

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter
The Three Most Important Dictionary Skills
Types of Dictionaries
How to Locate a Word in a Dictionary
Alphabetical Order
How to Locate a Word You Can’t Spell
Guidewords
Information You Find When You Look Up a Word
Synonyms and the Thesaurus
Denotations and Connotations
Selecting Words and Coding Them into Memory: Brain-Friendly Approaches

My Toolbox of Dictionary Skills
Chapter Check
Chapter 4 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 4 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 5- Commonly Confused and Misused Words: The Plain Facts or the Plane Fax?

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Homonyms, Set 1
Homonyms, Set 2
One Word or Two?
Other Commonly Confused and Misused Words. Set 1
Other Commonly Confused and Misused Words. Set 2

My Toolbox for Commonly Confused and Misused Words
Chapter Check
Chapter 5 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 5 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

PART THREE ACQUIRING BASIC COMPREHENSION TOOLS

Chapter 6- Sentences and Punctuation Marks: Bricks and Mortar

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Parts of Speech
Understanding Sentences
Compound Sentences and Complex Sentences
Punctuation Marks
Summary Chart of Sentences Patterns

My Toolbox of Sentence and Punctuation Mark Tools
Chapter Check
Chapter 6 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 6 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 7- Topic: What’s It All About?

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Paragraphs and Topics
Determining the Topic of a Paragraph
The Difference between General and Specific
Listen Up!

My Toolbox of Topic Tools
Chapter Check
Chapter 7 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 7 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 8- Stated Main Idea: The Point Is . . .

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

The Structure of a Paragraph
The Stated Main Idea Sentence of a Paragraph
Locating the Stated Main idea Sentence in a Paragraph
Reasoning Out Additional Clues to the Stated Main Idea of a Paragraph
The Rest of the Sentences in a Paragraph
Seeing Connection between the Topic and the Stated Main Idea Sentence
Other Things to Keep in Mind about Main Ideas
Listen Up!
My Toolbox of Stated Main Idea Tools
Chapter Check
Chapter 8 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 8 Exercises, Set 2
Bonus Set
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 9- Supporting Details: More Information, Please

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Supporting Details in a Paragraph
Reasoning Out the Characteristics of Supporting Details
Listen Up!

My Toolbox of Supporting Detail Tools
Chapter Check
Chapter 9 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 9 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 10- Implied Main Idea: What’s It All Add Up To?

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Implied Main Idea Sentences
Reasoning Out Three Ways to Formulate Implied Main Idea Sentences
Remembering the Three Formulas
Listen Up!

My Toolbox for Implied Main Idea Sentences
Chapter Check
Reviewing Stated and Implied Main Ideas
Chapter 10 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 10 Exercises, Set 2
Bonus Set
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 11- Authors’ Writing Patterns: What’s the Plan?

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Five Common Writing Patterns
Reasoning Out Five Common Writing Patterns
Listen Up!
Summary Chart of Pattern Clues
Other Words that Signal Organization

My Toolbox of Authors’ Writing Patterns
Chapter Check
Chapter 11 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 11 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

PART FOUR ACQUIRING BASIC STUDY SKILLS

Chapter 12- Reading and Marking Textbook Assignments: Divide and Conquer

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Getting an Overview of Your Textbooks
Approaching College Textbook Assignments
Marking and Annotating Textbooks

My Toolbox of Textbook Assignment Strategies
Chapter Check
Chapter 12 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 12 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 13- Outlines and Study Maps: Create Your Own “You Are Here” Map

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

What Outlines and Study Maps Have in Common
Outlines
Study Maps
Review Cards

My Toolbox for Outlines, Study Maps, and Review Cards
Chapter Check
Chapter 13 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 13 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

Chapter 14- Summaries: To Make a Long Story Short

Why You Need to Know the Information in This Chapter
Super Student Tips
Jumpstart Your Brain!
Looking at What You Already Know
The Big Picture for This Chapter

Writing a Summary
Discovering the Rules for Summarizing
How to Write a Summary
Evaluating Your Summary
Overall Main Idea Sentences in Summaries

My Toolbox on Summarizing
Chapter Check
Chapter 14 Exercises, Set 1
Chapter 14 Exercises, Set 2
Assess Your Understanding

READING SELECTIONS

Selection 1: “The Courage to Learn”
Selection 2: “I Ain’t in a Slump. I’m Just Not Hitting!”
Selection 3: “Elaine’s Eight”
Selection 4: “Do You Have What It Takes to Survive Army Boot Camp?”
Selection 5: “Roller-Coaster Attention Cycles”
Selection 6: “Do You Need to See a Lawyer?”
Selection 7: “Landing That First Job”
Selection 8: “What Your Car Says about You”
Selection 9: “Baby Talk: It’s Not What It Used to Be!”
Selection 10: “Speaking So That People Will Listen”
Selection 11: “Internet Con Artists Are Phishing, But Don’t Take the Bait!”
Selection 12: “Day-by-Day, Anu Garg Is Spreading the Word”
Selection 13: “Shyness”
Selection 14: “Pulling the Plug on TV”
Selection 15: “Amateur Thieves, Professional Thieves, and Shoplifters”

Appendixes

Appendix 1: Basic Information about Phonics, Pronunciation, and Syllabication
Appendix 2: Basic Spelling Rules
Appendix 3: Tackling the Test: Test-Taking Strategies and Tips

Indexes

Master Vocabulary List for Reading
Glossary of Key Terms
Index of Excerpt and Selection Topics
Index of Skills and Topics