... • LearningExpress Skill Builders PRACTICE TESTS IN GRAMMAR, WRITING, AND READINGCOMPREHENSIONPRACTICEREADINGCOMPREHENSION TEST Following are two readingcomprehension passages Try applying ... _ 104 CHAPTER • LearningExpress Skill Builders PRACTICE TESTS IN GRAMMAR, WRITING, AND READINGCOMPREHENSION HOMONYM ERRORS Some of the sentences below are correct and ... _ 102 CHAPTER • LearningExpress Skill Builders PRACTICE TESTS IN GRAMMAR, WRITING, AND READINGCOMPREHENSION The list of candidates for graduation include my name...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... Skill Builders • LESSON –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– Skill Building until Next Time Here are some ways to practice the skills you’ve learned in this lesson Practice them today and the ... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the main...
... Readingcomprehensionpractice This file contains 30 readingcomprehension passages with answered and explained questions Good luck on your test On May 5th, 1997, the European ... minister, astounding Canadians with his prowess The public’s adoration made it possible for him to practice his personal brand of ‘do it my way’ politics, initiating profound and long-lasting changes ... of electronic technologies in the latter part of the twentieth century, many aspects of cultural practice have been redefined The eradication of physical boundaries that limit discourse and information...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... Skill Builders • LESSON –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– Skill Building until Next Time Here are some ways to practice the skills you’ve learned in this lesson Practice them today and the ... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 –8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the main...
... – PRETEST – Pretest The pretest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension Cultural Center Adds Classes for Young Adults The Allendale ... In other words, read carefully and actively The five lessons that follow cover the basics of readingcomprehension By the end of this section, you should be able to: ■ ■ ■ ■ Find the basic facts ... I should tell you that she’s right—I’m not always responsible I sometimes take the prize for a grade- A dork Last weekend, for instance, when I was staying at Dad’s, I decided it was time I learned...
... really comprehending what you read Active reading is the first essential step to comprehension Why? Because active reading forces you to really see what you’re reading, to look closely at what’s there ... happened at the staff meeting If you’re taking a standardized test, you’ll probably have to answer readingcomprehension ques- On Friday, October 21, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Judith Reynolds, owner ... other businesses were affected? 20 – GETTING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION – Remember, good reading is active reading Did you mark up the passage? If so, it may have looked something like this: when...
... to Practice In this lesson, you will sharpen your readingcomprehension skills by using all of these strategies at once This will become more natural to you as your reading skills develop Practice ... combine these strategies and take your readingcomprehension skills to the next level 45 – PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER – Review: What You’ve Learned so Far be true You practiced distinguishing between ... detective must all these things at the same time Similarly, reading really can’t be broken down into these separate tasks Readingcomprehension comes from employing all these strategies simultaneously...
... will improve your overall readingcomprehension so you’ll begin to understand more of what you read In addition, reading more will improve your vocabulary and increase your reading speed Main Idea ... to reading more often First, it will increase your reading speed, so that you can read more in less time Second, it will improve your vocabulary Third, it will improve your overall reading comprehension, ... Read More Often ■ It will improve your vocabulary ■ It will improve your readingcomprehension ■ It will increase your reading speed ■ It will broaden your understanding of yourself and others...
... If you missed some of these questions, now it’s up to you to figure out which lessons to review Practice Passage Now it’s your turn In this exercise, you’ll take a paragraph that is organized ... His powers of observation You may recall that the introduction to this book talked about active reading As an active reader, you should have been marking up the passages you’ve read in this book: ... ideas, and recording your reactions and questions in the margin But there’s another part of active reading we haven’t talked about: making observations 95 – DICTION: WHAT’S IN A WORD? – Making Obser...
... security officers Practice Passage For the first example of finding an implied main idea, let’s look at a statement from a parking garage manager in response to recent thefts: Practice Passage Now ... that a Clara is shy b Clara knows everyone at the gym c Clara is very friendly Practice Passage Many people find reading literature a difficult task because in literature (fiction, drama, and poetry), ... implication or inference This lesson focuses on two specific types of implication: reading between the lines to determine cause and reading between the lines to predict effects In case you need a reminder:...
... play So this lesson will introduce you to a few poems But don’t be frightened: Reading poetry is really just like reading anything else You just have to read a little more carefully and rely a ... and its language (diction, style, and tone) As before, begin by reading the poem carefully, first out loud and then with pen in hand Practice Passage A Man Said to the Universe A man said to the ... Drawing Conclusions: Putting It All Together LESSON SUMMARY This lesson wraps up your study of readingcomprehension by reviewing everything you’ve learned so far Y ou’re almost at the end of this...
... Posttest N ow that you’ve spent a good deal of time improving your reading comprehension, take this posttest to see how much you’ve learned If you took the pretest at ... d d d d – POSTTEST – Posttest The posttest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension Grunge Music and American Popular Culture The late 1980s ... the answer key that follows Each answer tells you which lesson of this book teaches you about the reading strategy in that question 149 – LEARNINGEXPRESS ANSWER SHEET – 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 a...
... begun Readingcomprehension is a skill to build throughout your whole lifetime Tips for Continuing to Improve Your Reading The following are some ways you can continue to strengthen your readingcomprehension ... Ron Kovic 177 FREE Online Practice from LearningExpress! Let LearningExpress help you acquire essential readingcomprehension skills FAST! Go to the LearningExpress Practice Center at www.LearningExpressFreeOffer.com, ... purchased LearningExpress’s ReadingComprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day skill-builder book, you have FREE access to: ■ ■ ■ 50 exercises covering ALL VITAL READINGCOMPREHENSION SKILLS that...
... APPENDIX: SUGGESTED READING FOR 8TH GRADERS T his book wouldn’t be complete without a list of great books and magazines to read Studying readingcomprehension and answering reading test questions ... have dramatically improved your readingcomprehension skills, as well as your writing ability This posttest will give you a chance to measure your new level of reading and writing success The ... you practiced selecting an appropriate audience, style, and tone for each piece of writing Lesson 30: Reviewing and Revising You learned why it is important to edit and revise your writing You practiced...
... own set of data Stanley’s hobbies are bowling, playing guitar, reading, cooking, and hiking Maria’s hobbies are knitting, kickboxing, reading, cooking, and hiking The activities they have in common ... then gives you three practice passages These passages will require you to use skills from each of the five sections you’ve read so far, so you’ll have to apply your active reading skills to interpret ... identify and interpret the parts of a graph: the caption, title, legend, and labeled axes You practiced reading three common types of graphs: the bar graph, line graph, and pie graph Lesson 25: Visual...
... Graphs can seem intimidating, but reading a graph is a lot like reading a story The graph has a title, a main idea, and supporting details You can use your active reading skills to analyze and understand ... examples: Most graphs have a few basic parts: 6th graders ■ ■ ■ ■ a caption or introduction paragraph a title a legend or key labeled axes 7th graders 8th graders An active reader looks at each part ... these questions: Which grade did the most students earn? How many students passed the quiz with a grade of C or better? How many students took the quiz? The bar for a B grade is the tallest, so...
... tell? Choose one thing about eighth grade that you would want to tell a seventh grader about (For example, how does eighth -grade science compare to seventh -grade science?) Write three short paragraphs ... inform (for example, eighth -grade science includes two dissections and a unit on rocks), one paragraph to persuade (eighth -grade science is more fun than seventh -grade science), and one paragraph ... joyful tone _ _ Summary Style is an important aspect of readingcomprehension Sentence structure, the level of description and detail, the level of formality,...