... 8, 19 10 c 2 30 b 11 11 c 8 31 a 19 12 b 11 32 c 12 13 d 3 33 b 12 , 13 14 b 1, 6 34 a 14 15 c 11 , 16 35 a 17 , 19 16 a 1, 4 36 d 19 17 c 1, 4 37 d 19 18 c 1, 4 38 a 17 19 a 12 39 c 16 20 d 12 , 16 ... Answer Lesson( s) Question Answer Lesson( s) 1 a 2, 16 21 a 1, 17 2 b 1, 4 22 b 14 3 b 1, 4 23 a 19 4 c 1, 4 24 b 1, 12 5d2 25a176 b 1, 12 26 d 1, 47 a 1, 4 27 b 12 , 19 8 b 3 28 d 11 , 16 9 a ... GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– 8TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESSElizabeth CheslaL EARNINGE XPRESS S KILL B UILDERSNew York LESSON1 ã LearningExpress Skill Builders 10 8TH GRADE...
... difficult question—“Why did it happen?”—in Lesson 2.) LESSON Getting theEssentialInformation LESSON SUMMARYThe first step in increasing your readingcomprehension is to learn howto get the ... package there overnight. 12 . Who or what is this passage about? 13 . How was mail transported in the past? 14 . How is mail transported now? 15 . How long does first-class mail take? 16 . How long does Priority ... Remember, good reading is active reading. Did you mark up the passage? If so, it may have looked somethinglike this:– GETTING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION– 21 On Friday, October 21, at approximately...
... table to see which lessons to review.IF YOU MISSED: THEN STUDY:Question 1Lesson 2Question 2 Lesson 1 Question 3 Lesson 3Question 4 Lesson 2Question 5 Lesson 2Question 6 Lesson 4– PUTTING ... strategies and take your readingcomprehension skills to the next level. LESSON Putting It AllTogether LESSON SUMMARYThis lesson reviews what you learned in Lessons 1 4: getting thefacts, finding ... paragraph with a clear topicsentence, like: “I’ve learned several reading strategies since Lesson1 or “I’ve learned that reading com-prehension isn’t as difficult as I thought.” Then, write...
... improve your overall reading comprehension so you’ll begin to understand moreof what you read. In addition, reading more willimprove your vocabulary and increase your reading speed.Example: ... the one that is most,or least, important. LESSON Order ofImportance LESSON SUMMARYContinuing your study of the structure of reading material, this lesson shows you how writers use order of ... this commonlyused structure improves your readingcomprehension by helping yousee what’s most important in a piece of writing.7 61
... here’s what you should do:IF YOU MISSED: THEN STUDY:Question 1 Lessons 6 and 9Question 2 Lesson 3Question 3 Lesson 9Question 4 Lesson 9Practice Passage 2Now try the passage on the next page. ... yours,his or hers, the professor’s, the country’s, and so on). LESSON A Matter ofPerspective:Point of View LESSON SUMMARYThis lesson introduces you to the concept of point of view, one strategy ... part of active read-ing we haven’t talked about: making observations. LESSON Diction:What’s in aWord? LESSON SUMMARYToday’s lesson focuses on diction, the words writers choose to con-vey their...
... STUDY:Question 7 Lesson 2Question 8 Lesson 3Question 9 Lessons 7 and 9Question 10 Lesson 11 Question 11 Lesson 11 Question 12 Lesson 12 Question 13 Lesson 13 Question 14 Lesson 14 – WORD POWER: ... causes). LESSON AssumingCauses andPredictingEffects LESSON SUMMARYToday’s lesson focuses on how to determine cause and effect whenthey are only implied, rather than explicitly stated. 17 12 5 ... if this player is unable to be objective.– FINDING THE IMPLIED MAIN IDEA– 12 1 SummaryIn reading, particularly in reading literature, as well asin real life, you often have to figure out what...
... It AllTogether LESSON SUMMARYThis lesson wraps up your study of readingcomprehension by review-ing everything you’ve learned so far.20 14 3 There isn’t room in this short lesson to look attheme ... distinguish between appeals to your emo-tions and appeals to your sense of reason. 18 13 1 – FINDING MEANING IN LITERATURE– 14 2■Read a poem on your own today. See if you can read between the lines ... as smart. 11 . “Expendable” (paragraph 2) most nearly meansa. expensive.b. flexible.c. replaceable. 12 . The writer appeals primarily to the reader’sa. emotions.b. sense of logic. 13 . The main...
... c. Lesson 4 16 . b. Lesson 13 17 . a. Lesson 19 18 . d. Lesson 3 19 . c. Lesson 820. c. Lesson 19 21. b. Lesson 19 22. a. Lesson 16 23. c. Lesson 13 24. a. Lesson 14 25. b. Lesson 11 26. d. Lesson ... d. Lesson 94. a. Lesson 16 5. b. Lesson 36. c. Lesson 12 7. c. Lesson 28. b. Lessons 6 and 79. a. Lesson 3 10 . b. Lesson 8 11 . d. Lesson 4 12 . c. Lesson 17 13 . d. Lesson 2 14 . b. Lesson 8 15 . ... c. Lesson 1 28. a. Lessons 6 and 10 29. d. Lesson 330. d. Lesson 6 31. b. Lesson 18 32. c. Lesson 233. c. Lesson 12 34. a. Lesson 12 35. b. Lesson 13 36. a. Lesson 11 37. c. Lesson 238. c. Lesson...