Reading Detective® B1
Using Higher-Order Thinking to Improve Reading Comprehension
Grades: 7-8
Language Arts
Grades: 7-8
Language Arts
- Multiple Award Winner
Reading Detective® B1
Description and Features
Description and Features
Description and Features
These highly-effective, literature-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. This 208-page activity book is especially effective at helping students in Grades 7-8 understand challenging critical reading concepts such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, determining cause and effect, using context clues to define vocabulary, and making predictions and generalizations.
Students read and analyze short literature passages and stories that include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence evidence to support their answers. Concepts and skills covered include:
Literary Analysis Skills
• Define vocabulary using context clues
• Recognize figurative language
• Identify main idea, supporting details, and theme
• Recognize literary devices
• Identify story elements: theme, plot, setting, and characters
Reading Detective® B1 includes the following genres:
Award-Winning Literature Excerpts
• The Cay
• Sparrow Hawk Red
• El Güero
• The Moon by Night
• The Giver
• Under the Blood-Red Sun
• The View From Saturday
• The Trolley to Yesterday
• "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" From Just So Stories
• Face to Face
• The Bronze Bow
Stories and Articles
• Mystery
• Humor
• History
• Adventure
Nonfiction Topics
• Science
• Math
• Geography
• History
• Biography
• Inventions
• Sports
The Grades 7–8 (B1) level include mixed-skills throughout. All levels provide an introductory lesson for each skill.
Teaching Support
Includes pretests, post-tests, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence. Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards.
Product Details
Item#: | 01509BBP |
Author(s): | Cheryl Block, Carrie Beckwith, Margaret Hockett, and David White |
TOC: | View Table of Contents |
Subject: | Language Arts |
Type: | Student Book with Answers |
Media: | Paperback Book |
License: | Reproducible |
ISBN–10: | 1-60144-823-6 |
ISBN–13: | 978-1-60144-823-1 |
Pages: | 208, perforated |
Awards
Cathy Duffy's 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum Award
Test preparation available for the following:
Reading Detective® guarantees top performance on assessment tests, including:
Stanford Achievement Test™ (SAT/10)
California Achievement Tests (CAT/6)
Florida State Assessment (FSA)
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®)
Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)
Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP)
Palmetto Assessment Challenge Test (PACT)
New York State English Language Arts (ELA) Test
Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP)
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
Ohio Proficiency Test
Kansas State Assessments
North Carolina End of Grade Tests
North Carolina Competency Tests
Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)
Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress (ISTEP)
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL)
Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT)
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA)
California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
and many more!