Essential Reading Skills. Preparation for High School Equivalency Tests

Boost GED? Test Scores in Reading and Language Arts This book teaches students to identify and break down the important parts of any text to better comprehend the author s meaning and purpose. Lessons develop the literacy skills necessary to take on college and career-level reading. Lessons connects new ideas to familiar concepts. Students learn to approach reading tasks efficiently using purpose-driven reading strategies. Practice questions help students test out the strategies then check their work. Aligned to Common Core and College and Career Readiness Standards this book focuses on developing vocabulary skills and a knowledge of central themes arguments literary conventions story structure and point of view. Science and social studies texts are presented along with fiction and nonfiction texts. Use the 36 complete lessons to support classroom teaching or as a self-study guide. The 380-page book is filled with graphic organizers and helpful visual reminders to improve student s reading comprehension and prepare for the rigors of the 2014 GED? test TASC TestTM or HiSET? exam. Subjects covered in this book: Reading Strategically: DARE Process Questioning Skimming and Scanning texts Note-Taking and Graphic Organizers Vocabulary Inferences and Central Ideas Nonfiction Texts: Text Structure and Features Visual Elements Author's Purpose Reading in Science and Social Studies Tone Arguments Claims Evidence and Fallacies Persuasive Appeals Fiction Texts: Theme and Author's Purpose Word Choice Figurative Language Characters Story Structure and Conflict Setting Tone Genre and Style Point of View

Series: Preparation for High School Equivalency Tests

Paperback: 380 pages

Publisher: Essential Education; 1st edition (August 29 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1940532019

ISBN-13: 978-1940532011

Package Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds