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if ... adult-like manner.
Summary
Active reading is the first essential step to comprehen-
sion. Why? Because active reading forces you to really
see what you’re reading, to look closely at what’s there.
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... In other words, read carefully and actively.
The five lessons that follow cover the basics of reading comprehension. By the end
of this section, you should be able to:
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Pretest
The pretest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension.
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The Allendale ... 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
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Summary
Active reading is the first essential step to comprehen-
sion. Why? Because active reading forces you to really
see what you’re reading, to look closely at what’s there.
Like ... notoriety. Now you can take a pretty good
guess at the meaning of obscure.
Remember, good reading is active reading. Did you mark up the passage? If so, it may have looked something
like this:
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LESSON
Getting the
Essential
Information
LESSON SUMMARY
The first step in increasing your readingcomprehension is to learn how
to get the basic information. Like a good detective, start with...
... paragraph with a clear topic
sentence, like: “I’ve learned several reading strategies since Lesson 1” or “I’ve learned that reading com-
prehension isn’t as difficult as I thought.” Then, write ... opinions.
Practice
In this lesson, you will sharpen your reading compre-
hension skills by using all of these strategies at once.
This will become more natural to you as your reading
skills develop.
Practice Passage ... detective must do all
these things at the same time. Similarly, reading really can’t be broken down into these separate tasks. Read-
ing comprehension comes from employing all these strategies simultaneously....
... improve your overall reading
comprehension so you’ll begin to understand more
of what you read. In addition, reading more will
improve your vocabulary and increase your reading
speed.
Example: ... Read More Often
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It will improve your vocabulary.
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It will improve your reading comprehension.
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It will increase your reading speed.
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It will broaden your understanding of yourself and
others.
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Example: Most to Least Important
There are many benefits to reading more often. First
and foremost, reading more will broaden your
understanding of yourself and of other people....
... secret?
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: ... major ways that young people express
themselves. A school uniform policy also directly
violates the freedom of expression that all Americans
are supposed to enjoy. Consequently, young people
will ... wearing school uniforms, adminis-
trators and teachers would no longer have to be
clothing police, freeing them to focus on more
important issues than whether someone is wearing
a dress that is too...
... or inference.
This lesson focuses on two specific types of implication: reading between the lines to deter-
mine cause and reading between the lines to predict effects.
In case you need a reminder: ... player is unable to be objective.
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Summary
In reading, particularly in reading literature, as well as
in real life, you often have to figure out what the causes
of ...
... literature.
LESSON
Drawing
Conclusions:
Putting It All
Together
LESSON SUMMARY
This lesson wraps up your study of readingcomprehension by review-
ing everything you’ve learned so far.
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There isn’t room in this ... 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 ... next page. Then answer the questions
that follow. This will give you a chance to see how well
your reading skills are coming along.
Although many companies offer tuition reimburse-
ment, most companies...
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Posttest
The posttest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension.
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The ... compare what you knew when you started the book with what you know now.
When you complete this test, grade yourself, and then compare your score with your score on the pretest.
If your score now is...
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Tips for Continuing to Improve Your Reading
The following are some ways you can continue to strengthen your reading...
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FOR 8
TH GRADERS
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his ... of great books and magazines to read. Studying reading
comprehension and answering reading test questions is fine, but the best way to improve your reading
ability is to read. Read every day, even ... have dramatically improved your
reading comprehension 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...