... Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Readingcomprehension success in 20 minutes a day. 3rd ed p cm ISBN 1-57685-494-9 (paper) Readingcomprehension Problems, exercises, etc I Title II Title: Readingcomprehension ... designed to help you improve your readingcomprehension skills by studying 20 minutes a day for 20 days You’ll start with the basics and move on to more complex readingcomprehension and critical thinking ... 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...
... Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Readingcomprehension success in 20 minutes a day. 3rd ed p cm ISBN 1-57685-494-9 (paper) Readingcomprehension Problems, exercises, etc I Title II Title: Readingcomprehension ... designed to help you improve your readingcomprehension skills by studying 20 minutes a day for 20 days You’ll start with the basics and move on to more complex readingcomprehension and critical thinking ... 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...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... 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 ... Appendix: Suggested Reading for 8th Graders 165 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK E ighth grade is an exciting year full of changes and challenges It’s also an important year academically As an eighth grader, you’ll...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... 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 ... Appendix: Suggested Reading for 8th Graders 165 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK E ighth grade is an exciting year full of changes and challenges It’s also an important year academically As an eighth grader, you’ll...
... – 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 ... old enough to go to war, they should be allowed to vote Yet Americans have a deplorable voting history Interviewing people about their voting habits is revealing There are individuals who state...
... 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...
... 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 ... 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 Passage ... paragraph with a clear topic sentence, like: “I’ve learned several reading strategies since Lesson 1” or “I’ve learned that readingcomprehension isn’t as difficult as I thought.” Then, write several...
... 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...
... Imagine you have an argument with someone Tell the story of the argument, first from your point of view using the first-person pronoun Then, tell the story from the other person’s point of view, again ... again using the first-person pronoun Finally, tell the story from an outsider’s point of view using the third-person pronoun Notice how the story changes when the point of view changes, and notice ... 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:...
... 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: ... is a likely possibility 128 – ASSUMING CAUSES AND PREDICTING EFFECTS – Summar y In reading, particularly in reading literature, as well as in real life, you often have to figure out what the causes ... Reading between the Lines N ow that you’ve studied the way authors use structure and language to...
... lesson to look at theme in a short story, novel, or 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 ... the lines to determine its theme Read a short story today Apply the techniques you used to determine the theme in a poem to determine the theme of the story 142 L E S S O N 20 Drawing Conclusions: ... 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 ... shame and sadness, they also knew that the bear had not 160 – POSTTEST – 31 This story is arranged a like a news story, with the most important event told first b in reverse chronological order,...