Reading Detective B1 Workbook, Grades 7 to 8

Teach your middle school students how to analyze what they read by using higher-order thinking to improve their reading comprehension with this fun and engaging Reading Detective B1 Workbook!  Kids gain better academic success, improved standardized test scores, and life-long communication skills!

Students read fiction and non-fiction short literature passages and answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing evidence to support their answers in this award-winning curriculum.

A variety of grade-level activities include:
- Making inferences
- Drawing conclusions
- Determine cause and effect
- Use context clues
- Define vocabulary
- Make predictions and generalizations
- Recognize figurative language
- Identify main idea, supporting details, and theme

Genres and styles featured are:
Award-Winning Literature Excerpts
  • The Cay
     • Sparrow Hawk Red
     • El Guiro
     • 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
   
Teacher support includes pretests, post-tests, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence.

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- The Critical Thinking Co., Reading Detective B1 Workbook
- 208 perforated paperback activity book
- Reproducible pages
- Standards-based
- Grades 7-8
- Use in your classroom, homeschool, learning center, and co-op

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