8th Grade Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills - LearningExpress

Students need strong reading comprehension skills to succeed in middle school, high school, and beyond. The 31 lessons in this book help students understand what they read and prepare them for writing assignments.

This book will help students:

- Build critical reading, thinking, and writing skills

- Prepare for school and state exams

- Improve reading comprehension

- Get better grades on writing assignments

The text also provides:

- A pre- and posttest to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and show progress

- 31 lessons that gradually increase in difficulty

- Practice exercises to help students master essential reading and writing skills

CONTENTS

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

PRETEST

SECTION 1 BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION

LESSON 1 Becoming an Active Reader

LESSON 2 Finding the Main Idea

LESSON 3 Defining Vocabulary

LESSON 4 Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion

LESSON 5 Putting It All Together

SECTION 2 STRUCTURE

LESSON 6 The Parts of a Plot

LESSON 7 Organizing Principles

LESSON 8 Similarities and Differences: Comparison and Contrast

LESSON 9 Cause and Effect

LESSON 10 Summaries and Outlines

LESSON 11 Putting It All Together

SECTION 3 LANGUAGE AND STYLE

LESSON 12 Point of View

LESSON 13 Word Choice

LESSON 14 Style

LESSON 15 Literary Devices

LESSON 16 Putting It All Together

SECTION 4 READING BETWEEN THE LINES

LESSON 17 Finding an Implied Main Idea

LESSON 18 Identifying an Author’s Purpose

LESSON 19 Assuming Causes and Predicting Effects

LESSON 20 Analyzing Characters

LESSON 21 Putting It All Together

SECTION 5 INTERPRETING NON-LITERARY SOURCES

LESSON 22 Instructions

LESSON 23 Advertisements

LESSON 24 Graphs

LESSON 25 Visual Aids

LESSON 26 Putting It All Together

SECTION 6 WRITING SKILLS

LESSON 27 Prewriting

LESSON 28 Organizing Ideas

LESSON 29 Writing with Focus and Clarity

LESSON 30 Reviewing and Revising

LESSON 31 Putting It All Together

POSTTEST

APPENDIX Suggested Reading for 8th Graders

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