... c b a b Exercise 3 climax exposition resolution rising action 61 8th_ GRD_39_78.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:23 PM Page 62 L E S S O N 8th_ GRD_39_78.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:23 PM Page 63 ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES ... hot water until minutes before you are ready to fill with jam 69 8th_ GRD_39_78.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:23 PM Page 70 L E S S O N 8th_ GRD_39_78.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:23 PM Page 71 SIMILARITIES AND ... both readers and detectives get better at their jobs with practice A reader gets better at readingcomprehension with each book Likewise, a detective becomes better at solving crimes with each...
... 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...
... Definitions of reading and readingcomprehension 1.1.1 Reading 1.1.2 Readingcomprehension 1.2 Types of reading 1.2.1 According to manner 1.2.1.1 Reading aloud 1.2.1.2 Silent reading 1.2.2 According ... developing readingcomprehension skills No teacher thought that developing readingcomprehension skills reading was not important at all 3.1.2.3 Teachers’ using reading techniques in a reading lesson ... issues in the theories of reading in a foreign language Four major features will be presented here: definitions of reading, reading comprehension, kinds of reading, reading in second language...
... 8TH GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the ... 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 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla New York Copyright ... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the ... 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...
... center line, and the jail! 283 8th_ GRD_267_292.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:34 PM Page 284 8th_ GRD_267_292.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:34 PM Page 285 APPENDIX: SUGGESTED READING FOR 8TH GRADERS T his book wouldn’t ... of great books and magazines to read Studying readingcomprehension and answering reading test questions is fine, but the best way to improve your reading ability is to read Read every day, even ... 288 8th_ GRD_267_292.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:34 PM Page 289 – NOTES – 8th_ GRD_267_292.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:34 PM Page 290 – NOTES – 8th_ GRD_267_292.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:34 PM Page 291 – NOTES – 8th_ GRD_267_292.qxd:Layout...
... 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 ... drain out of the container You could come to the same conclusion by reading the text or by looking carefully at the diagram 221 8th_ GRD_181_224.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:31 PM Page 222 –PUTTING IT ALL ... 12 Question 13 Lesson Question 14 Lesson 25 Question 15 Lesson 17 223 8th_ GRD_181_224.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:31 PM Page 224 8th_ GRD_225_266.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 S E C T I O N 3:33 PM Page 225 WRITING...
... labeled axes 7th graders 8th graders An active reader looks at each part of the graph before trying to interpret the data Picnic table upgrades c Caption or Introduction Camp site upgrades Camping ... 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 ... 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 ... most casual, and a for a midrange sentence Your grades have improved These calculations show that your class average has increased Your grades are up! You’re doing great work, Sierra...
... 267 Suggested Reading for 8th Graders 285 vii 8th_ GRD_FM_i_xii.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:35 PM Page viii 8th_ GRD_FM_i_xii.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:35 PM Page ix How to Use This Book E ighth grade is an ... 8th_ GRD_FM_i_xii.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:35 PM Page xi 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION AND WRITING SKILLS 8th_ GRD_FM_i_xii.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:35 PM Page xii 8th_ GRD_1_38.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:21 PM Page Pretest ... readingcomprehension skills have improved You’ll also be able to find out whether there are areas in which you may still need practice x 8th_ GRD_FM_i_xii.qxd:Layout 8/11/09 3:35 PM Page xi 8TH...
... LearningExpress Skill Builders • LESSON 11 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– JUST WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA, ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on readingcomprehension exams is, “What is the ... 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 ... LESSON 8THGRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS– What key words or phrases are defined in Lesson 2? SKIM AHEAD AND JUMP BACK Skimming ahead enables you to see what’s coming up Before you begin reading, ...
... hear Most children learn their first languages easily Reading 38 Read the passage and answer the questions One of the main sources for the spreading of news and events throughout the world is the ... spend much time ………… The Internet has no limitation ………… Using the Internet is free in the USA ………… Reading Television is one of man’s most (1) means of communication It brings events and sounds ... Everything can be seen through TV There is no entertainment program on TV Everyone likes watching TV Reading I believe that it is (1) .to wear uniforms when students are at school Firstly ,(2) encourage...
... was a revolutionary thinker Questions 21-30 The human criterion for perfect vision is 20/20 for reading the standard lines on a Snellen eye chart without a hitch The score is determined by how...
... Conclusion We have argued that taking readingcomprehension exams is a useful task for developing and evaluating natural language understanding systems Readingcomprehension uses found material and ... human annotation Crucially, the readingcomprehension task is neither too easy nor too hard, as the performance of our pilot system demonstrates Finally, readingcomprehension is a task that is ... answering w h y and how questions Collaborative learning, which combines a human user and the readingcomprehension computer system as a team If the system can query the human, this may make it...
... – 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 ... things over people and feelings 44 When the narrator says she sometimes “take[s] the prize for a grade- A dork,” the word choice is intended to indicate a that she doesn’t know proper English b...
... 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...