Skill Sets
Unit 1 - Being an Active Student
            Metacognition
           
Active Learning
            Attitude for Success
            Scheduling
            Concentration
            Causes of Poor Comprehension
            Distractions
            Remediation Education and Research
Unit 2 - Three Stages of Reading
           
Overview: Strategies for Developing Reading Skills
            Levels of Reading
            Three Stages of Reading
Unit 3 - Learning Vocabulary
            The Importance of Vocabulary          
            Etymology
            Learning Words from Context Clues
            Using a dictionary
Unit 4 - Main Idea
            Topic vs Main Idea
            Supporting Details
            Finding the Main Idea
            Locating a Topic Sentence
            Implied (Unstated) Main Idea
Unit 5 - Inference
           
Making Inference
            Drawing Conclusions
            Using Schema to make inferences
            Connotation-Denotation of words
            Figurative Language
Unit 6 - Point of View
           
Prior knowledge plays role in reading
            Author's Point of View
            Author's Tone & Purpose
            Fact vs Opinion
Unit 7 - Reading Rate
            Assessing Your Reading Rate
            Vary Your Reading Rate
            Reading for College
            Increasing Your Reading Rate
            Skimming and Scanning
Unit 8 - Taking a Comprehension Test
            The Reading Comprehension Test
            Be Prepared for a Comprehension Test
            Question Types
            Test Taking Strategies
            The RAMA Method
Unit 9 - Organizing Textbook Reading
             Overview\Organizing Textbook Reading
             Annotation
             Outlining
             Cornell Notes
             Mind Mapping
Unit 10 - Critical Thinking
           
 What is Critical Thinking?
             Critical Reading & Critical Thinking
             Critical Thinking Toolbox
             Deductive vs. Inductive Reasoning
             Argumentation


 

 
References
Etymology List

Downloads
Book Log Template (for any book log)
Practice Comp Tests (PCT)
PCT 1 - Dropping the Ball
            Foot Binding 

            PCT1 answer blank
PCT 2 - A New Neighborhood Farmers Market

            California and Mesopotamia
           
PCT 2 answer blank
PCT 3 - Spit for Silk
            Variations of Traits
           
PCT3 answer blank
PCT 4 - Cliff Dwellers
            The Meteor  
            PCT4 answer blank 
PCT 5 - Centuries of Peace 5
            Forecasting Sever Weather Conditions
           
PCT 5 answer blank
PCT 6 - Irish Immigrants
            NY Buildings Going Green

            PCT6 answer blank
PCT 7 - Humanity on the Record
            Researchers Beginning to Better Understand
            PCT 7 answer blank
PCT 8 - Egypt, the Kingdom of Kush & Mesopotamia
            Using Cell Phones and Computers to
            PCT 8 answer blank
PCT 9 - Legacy of the Marchers on Washington
            Scales
            PCT 9 answer blank
PCT 10 - Changes in Biodiversity
              Roles of the U.S. President
              PCT10 answer blank
PCT 11 - Eleanor Roosevelt's Four Basic Rights
              Plymouth Colony
              PCT11 answer blank
PCT 12 - Measure R
              Solving New York City's Hurricane Problem

              PCT12 answer blank

Star Ledger News
News Quiz 1
Autopsy find accidental overdose killed Anna Nicole

News Quiz 2
Natural burials take dead gently to a green good night
News Quiz 3
To find and forgive their fathers
News Quiz 4
Dr. Jekyll in life, Mr. Hyde online
Short Stories
Short Story Quiz 1
Wine on the Desert,
by Max Brand
Short Story Quiz 2
The Tell Tale Heart,
by Edgar Allen Poe
Short Story Quiz 3
The Ransom of Red Chief,
by O. Henry
Short Story Quiz 4
The Lady or the Tiger,
by Frank Stockton

Rdg 011 - S 
 

The Pearl
Chapter 1 & Quiz 1
Chapter 2 & Quiz 2
Chapter 3 & Quiz 3
Chapter 4 & Quiz 4
Chapter 5 & Quiz 5
Chapter 6 & Quiz 6
Practice Readings
PR1

PR2
PR3
PR4
PR5
PR6

PR7
PR8
Crossword Puzzles
CW3 places in a city
CW11 name the category
CW12 summer
CW17 animal descriptions
CW19 category plus letter 1
CW21 word association 1
CW23 similes 1
CW26 travel
CW28 health and sickness
CW30 sports
CW31 idioms 1
CW34 transportation
CW35 synonyms 1
CW42 fitness and health
CW43 category plus rhymes
CW44 fantasy
CW46 feelings
CW50 the human body
CW51 opposite verbs
CW53 places around the world
CW55 things people say
CW57 verb collections 2
CW62 the Oympics
Vocab Worksheets
vocab 1.5
vocab 2.8
vocab 3.1,3.2,3.3
vocab 3.4,3.5
vocab 3.10,3.11
vocab 4.6
vocab 4.11
vocab 5.3
vocab 5.6
vocab 6.1,6.2
vocab 6.6
vocab 7.1,7.2,7.3
vocab 7.6
vocab 8.3,8.4
vocab 8.5
vocab 9.4
vocab 9.5
vocab 10.4
vocab 10.5
vocab 10.9
vocab11.3,11.4
vocab 11.8,11.9

vocab 12.1,12.2,12.3
vocab 13.1,13.2,13.3,13.4
vocab 14.1,14.2,14.3,14.4,14.5,14.6
 









 

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