Comprehension… and other skills WB6

ISBN: 9781776306046

Author: Hilary Cawood, Denise Scholtz, Lynton Richards

Type: Workbook

Grade 6-7

This workbook is a follow on from Comprehension… and other skills Workbook 5. Emphasis is placed on testing comprehension through the composition of summaries. The skill of summarizing is promoted through: visualization; identification of key words; and, descriptions of problem/solution and cause/effect situations. Some other skills that are included in this workbook are: inferring; predicting; following instructions to complete manual tasks; sequencing; interpreting data; using timelines; cross-referencing; observing; drawing; comparing. The articles included in this workbook are intended to broaden the knowledge and life perceptions of the reader. The style and difficulty of questions to test comprehension is increased.