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Tables of Contents for Triumphs in Society
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Rhetorical Contents
xvii
Preface
xxi
SECTION 1: READING ACTIVELY AND WRITING FROM READING
1
62
Reading Actively
1
22
Attitude
1
1
Reading in Steps
1
1
Prereading
1
3
Why Preread?
2
1
Forming Questions Before You Read
3
1
Sample Reading: ``Finding the Key''
4
7
Matt Schudel
Reading
11
1
Rereading with Pen or Pencil
12
11
What the Notes and Markings Mean
13
1
Why Marking and Making Notes Are Important
13
10
Writing a Summary of a Reading
23
15
Begin with the Reading Steps
23
1
Planning a Summary
23
6
Marking a List of Ideas for Writing a Summary Paragraph
23
2
Selecting a Main Idea
25
1
The Outline of a Summary Paragraph
26
1
Writing a Draft of a Summary Paragraph
27
1
A Final Version of a Summary Paragraph
28
1
Writing a Summary Essay
29
9
Selecting a Main Idea
30
1
The Outline for a Summary Essay
30
2
Writing the Draft of a Summary Essay
32
3
A Final Version of a Summary Essay
35
3
Writing a Reaction Paper
38
25
The Reading Steps
38
1
The Reading Selection: ``Sammy Sosa: Homerun Hitter with a Heart''
39
10
Robert Huer
From Reading to Writing
49
1
Gathering Ideas
49
2
Freewriting
49
1
Brainstorming
50
1
Organizing Your Ideas
51
1
Putting Your Ideas in Categories
51
1
Selecting a Main Idea
52
1
Writing a Reaction Paragraph
52
2
The Outline for a Reaction Paragraph
52
2
Writing the Draft of a Reaction Paragraph
54
2
A Final Version of a Reaction Paragraph
55
1
Giving Your Reaction Paragraph a Title
55
1
Writing a Reaction Essay
56
7
Selecting a Main Idea
57
1
The Outline for a Reaction Essay
57
2
Writing the Draft of a Reaction Essay
59
1
A Final Version of a Reaction Essay
60
2
Giving Your Essay a Title
62
1
SECTION 2: READING SELECTIONS GROUPED THEMATICALLY
63
276
Everyday Heroes
64
23
``My Heroes''
Elizabeth Berg
``The Man in the Water''
69
6
Roger Rosenblatt
``Beyond the Call''
75
2
Tamika Simmons
``New Yorkers Comfort the Heroes''
77
5
Michael Mayo
``A Real Survivor''
82
5
Ardy Friedberg
Jeremy Milarsky
Family Commitment
87
25
``The Heroism of Day-to-Day Dads''
88
7
Susan Straight
``Winning for Zora''
95
8
Colin Perry
``The Singer Named Jewel''
103
9
Suzanne Chazin
Triumphs in Education
112
33
``Driven Teen Goes From Hell to Harvard''
113
7
Linda Matchan
``Field of Dreams: From Farm Work to Medical Work''
120
7
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
``The Education of Berenice Belizaire''
127
6
Joe Klein
``A Garden of Honor''
133
7
Maria Fleming
``A New Game Plan''
140
5
Lisa Bennett
Race and Tolerance
145
28
``Rosa Parks: Black Heart''
146
9
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Alan Steinberg
``Heal Thyself''
155
5
Christina Cheakalos
Linda Kramer
``The Ones Who Turn Up Along the Way''
160
5
Rabbi Jennifer Krause
``Lessons From a Friend''
165
8
Frank Deford
Physical Challenges, Boundless Possibilities
173
24
``On Their Own''
174
5
Susan Schindehette
Cindy Dampier
``On Having Adventures''
179
3
Nancy Mairs
``It Took Ten Years and True Grit, but He Won''
182
4
Jill Rosen
``Blind Commuter''
186
5
Douglas Martin
``Looking Forward, Looking Back''
191
6
Robert DeBlois
Victims into Victors
197
36
``The Siege of Khe Sanh''
198
6
Rocky Darger
``The Victim's Voice''
204
6
Richard Jerome
``A Day in the Life of a Welfare Mom''
210
10
Randi Londer Gould
``I Want to Save the World''
220
8
John Kasich
``New Directions''
228
5
Maya Angelou
Children as Role Models
233
25
``When Kevin Won''
234
4
Janice M. Gibson
``My New Hero? She's a Courageous Four-and-a-Half-Year-Old''
238
3
Dan Evans Jr.
``The Bullies on the Bus''
241
5
Kitty Oliver
``The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish''
246
4
Alan P. Schultz
``Anne Frank's Legacy''
250
8
Miep Gies
Heroic Animals
258
15
``Profiles in Courage: All God's Creatures''
259
1
Eric Swanson
``Brat, the Cat: A Gutsy Feline Saves Her Owner's Life''
259
4
``Tramp and Lady: A Bold Rescue Beats the Odds''
263
2
``Frankie and Johnnie: Two Species, One Enduring Bond''
265
4
``A Healing Touch''
269
4
Bill Holton
Environmental Champions
273
21
``Marjory S. Douglas: Patron Saint of the Everglades''
274
5
Varla Ventura
``Noah Idechong: Guardian of Paradise''
279
5
Terry McCarthy
``The Story of Kory''
284
5
Andrea Siedsma
``In Helping Save Endangered Species, He Also Saved Himself''
289
5
Tim Dworetzky
Community Spirit, Giving Back
294
45
``The Sandwich Man''
295
5
Meladee McCarty
``A Circle of Giving''
300
6
Kate Boren
``Princess Diana and Mother Teresa: Two Women, Two Lives, One Common Spirit''
306
4
John Grogan
``The Music Man''
310
7
Sean Piccoli
``Each Day Is a Lifetime''
317
5
Judith Viorst
``From the Heart: Nine Ordinary Americans Symbolize the Spirit of Charity''
322
1
Richard Jerome
``A Bootblack Saves His Tips for Sick Kids''
322
2
``An Ex-Slave's Son Takes Affirmative Action''
324
2
``A Teacher Enriches His Beloved Alma Mater''
326
2
```God's Helper' Delivers His Bounty''
328
2
``A Woman's Gift Is Music to Baltimore's Ears''
330
1
``How To Make Kids Smile? Pay for Their Braces''
331
2
``A Delaware Family Gives Till It Hurts''
333
1
``In a Bleak Place, a Kind Presence''
334
5
Credits
339