8th Grade Reading Comprehension Success

[Pages:191]8TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION

SUCCESS

LEARNINGEXPRESS SKILL BUILDERS

8TH GRADE READING COMPREHENSION

SUCCESS

Elizabeth Chesla

New York

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CONTENTS

How to Use this Book

ix

Pretest

xi

SECTION 1: BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION

1

Lesson 1: Becoming an Active Reader

3

Lesson 2: Finding the Main Idea

11

Lesson 3: Defining Vocabulary in Context

17

Lesson 4: Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion

23

Lesson 5: Putting It All Together

31

SECTION 2: STRUCTURE

37

Lesson 6: Chronological Order

39

Lesson 7: Order of Importance

45

Lesson 8: Similarities and Differences: Comparison and Contrast

51

Lesson 9: Cause and Effect

59

Lesson 10: Putting It All Together

65

SECTION 3: LANGUAGE AND STYLE

73

Lesson 11: Point of View

75

Lesson 12: Word Choice

83

Lesson 13: Style

89

Lesson 14: Tone

97

Lesson 15: Putting It All Together

105

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SECTION 4: READING BETWEEN THE LINES

113

Lesson 16: Finding an Implied Main Idea

115

Lesson 17: Assuming Causes and Predicting Effects

121

Lesson 18: Emotional versus Logical Appeals

127

Lesson 19: Uncovering Meaning in Literature

133

Lesson 20: Putting It All Together

141

Post-Test

151

Appendix: Suggested Reading for 8th Graders

165

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