... GRADE READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS– 8TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS Elizabeth Chesla L EARNINGE XPRESS S KILL B UILDERS New York LESSON 1 ã LearningExpress Skill Builders 10 8TH GRADE ... to replace it.” –8TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS– LESSON 2 ã LearningExpress Skill Builders 12 JUST WHAT ISAMAIN IDEA,ANYWAY? One of the most common questions on reading com- prehension ... leaving for America. Tatiana clutched her bag nervously –8TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS– LearningExpress Skill Builders ã LESSON 4 23 LESSON SUMMARY One of the most important signs of a good...
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... 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: ■ Find ... desire. d. to guess. 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 ... opinion is essential during a crime scene investigation. It is also a cru- cial skill for effective reading. When you read, look for clues to understand the author’s meaning. What is this pas- sage...
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_2 docx
... difficult question—“Why did it happen?”—in Lesson 2.) LESSON Getting the Essential Information LESSON SUMMARY The first step in increasing your reading comprehension 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....
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_3 pot
... 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 reading comprehension 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: ■ 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. ■ Lesson...
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_4 docx
... 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 ... arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred. LESSON Start from the Beginning: Chronological Order LESSON SUMMARY This lesson focuses on one of the simplest structures writers use: chronological...
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_6 doc
... 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...
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_8 docx
... 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...
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_9 ppt
... style, and action in a work of literature. LESSON Drawing Conclusions: Putting It All Together LESSON SUMMARY This lesson wraps up your study of reading comprehension 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: ■ 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...
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Third Grade Reading Comprehension Success_10 ppt
... 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– 160 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...
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