... GRADEREADINGCOMPREHENSION SUCCESS–
8TH GRADE
READING COMPREHENSION
SUCCESS
Elizabeth Chesla
L EARNINGE XPRESS S KILL B UILDERS
New York
LESSON 1 ã LearningExpress Skill Builders
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8TH GRADE ... to replace it.”
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JUST WHAT ISAMAIN IDEA,ANYWAY?
One of the most common questions on reading com-
prehension ... leaving for America. Tatiana clutched her bag nervously
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LESSON SUMMARY
One of the most important signs of a good...
... ask
the right questions. 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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Find ... that trees and shrubs are
found only in riparian areas.
– PRETEST–
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(excerpt from First, ” a short story)
First, you ought to know that I’m “only” fourteen. My mother points this out frequently. ... desire.
d. to guess.
Pretest
The pretest consists of a series of reading passages with questions that follow to test your comprehension.
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The Allendale...
... difficult question—“Why did it happen?”—in Lesson 2.)
LESSON
Getting the
Essential
Information
LESSON SUMMARY
The first step in increasing your readingcomprehension is to learn how
to get the ... yc5 w3 hf" alt=""
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 ... when, and where the writer will write about, as well as how he or she will write.
LESSON
Finding the
Main Idea
LESSON SUMMARY
A detective finds the facts to determine “whodunit” and what the motive
was....
... table to see which lessons to review.
IF YOU MISSED: THEN STUDY:
Question 1 Lesson 2
Question 2 Lesson 1
Question 3 Lesson 3
Question 4 Lesson 2
Question 5 Lesson 2
Question 6 Lesson 4
– PUTTING ... these strategies and take your readingcomprehension skills to the next level.
LESSON
Putting It All
Together
LESSON SUMMARY
This lesson reviews what you learned in Lessons 1–4: getting the
facts, ... four
lessons:
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Lesson 1: Find the facts in what you read. Yo u
practiced looking for the basic information that
was being conveyed in the paragraphs: the who,
what, when, where, and how.
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Lesson...
... 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: ... the one that is most,or least, important.
LESSON
Order of
Importance
LESSON SUMMARY
Continuing your study of the structure of reading material, this lesson
shows you how writers use order of ... 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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It...
... here’s what you should do:
IF YOU MISSED: THEN STUDY:
Question 1 Lessons 6 and 9
Question 2 Lesson 3
Question 3 Lesson 9
Question 4 Lesson 9
Practice Passage 2
Now try the passage on the next page. ... yours,
his or hers, the professor’s, the country’s, and so on).
LESSON
A Matter of
Perspective:
Point of View
LESSON SUMMARY
This 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 a
Word?
LESSON SUMMARY
Today’s lesson focuses on diction, the words writers choose to con-
vey their...
... STUDY:
Question 7 Lesson 2
Question 8 Lesson 3
Question 9 Lessons 7 and 9
Question 10 Lesson 11
Question 11 Lesson 11
Question 12 Lesson 12
Question 13 Lesson 13
Question 14 Lesson 14
– WORD POWER: ... effect tells us what happened after a cause (or series of causes).
LESSON
Assuming
Causes and
Predicting
Effects
LESSON SUMMARY
Today’s lesson focuses on how to determine cause and effect when
they ... inference—this time, an inference about the main idea or point of
the passage.
LESSON
Finding
the Implied
Main Idea
LESSON SUMMARY
This lesson shows you how to determine the main idea of a passage
in which...
... style, and action in a work 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 ... this short 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 ... review lesson:
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Lesson 16: Finding an implied main idea. You practiced looking for clues in structure, language, and style,
as well as the facts of the passage, to determine the main idea.
■
Lesson...
... corre-
sponding lessons.
IF YOU MISSED: THEN STUDY:
Question 1 Lesson 1
Question 2 Lesson 1
Question 3 Lesson 4
Question 4 Lesson 4
Question 5 Lessons 6–10
Question 6 Lesson 11
Question 7 Lesson 11
Question ... 11
Question 8 Lesson 12
Question 9 Lesson 14
Question 10 Lessons 16 and 17
Question 11 Lesson 3
Question 12 Lesson 18
Question 13 Lessons 2 and 16
Congratulations!
You’ve completed 20 lessons and ... the bear had not.
– POSTTEST–
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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...
... purchased LearningExpress’s ReadingComprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day
skill-builder book, you have FREE access to:
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50 exercises covering ALL VITAL READINGCOMPREHENSION SKILLS that will ... copy of ReadingComprehension Success.
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Tips for Continuing to Improve Your Reading
The following are some ways you can continue to strengthen your reading...
... having a deficiency in carbohydrates
(D) having an insufficient amount of protein
Readingcomprehension -TOEFL- Lesson 2 (Đọc hiểu -
TOEFL- Bài 2)
Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi:
Carbohydrates,...
...
C
(A) flower arranging
(B) shoe making
(C) garment making
(D) book binding
Readingcomprehension -TOEFL-
Lesson 1 (Đọc hiểu -TOEFL- Bài 1)
Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời các câu hỏi:
Martin...
... the lessons in this book and 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 ... each lesson in this section:
Lesson 27: Prewriting. You learned that prewriting is the first step in the writing process. You discovered
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APPENDIX:
SUGGESTED READING
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