The challenging exercises and critical vocabulary you need to advance your English skills Created by ESL instructor Diane Engelhardt, Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Reading and Comprehension features lengthy, complex passages to help you develop essential English reading and critical thinking skills. Inside are 15 readings on topics such as DNA evidence, sustainable urban communities, the human genome project, and more--subjects that will keep you engaged as you take your English to the next level. You will get plenty of practice, practice, practice on understanding and comprehending high-level vocabulary through enlightening exercises. You’ll master how to organize information you read, summarize text, and more. Before you know it, your reading skills will be stronger and your comprehension will grow, enabling you to get more out of English-language texts. Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Reading and Comprehension will help you: Build your academic and technical vocabulary Boost your comprehension skills to an advanced level Create reading strategies to use with any difficult text Develop critical thinking skills

Workbook Features: * Ages 13+, Grade 8 * 64 pages, about 8 1⁄2 inches x 11 inches * Offers engaging activities to develop reading comprehension skills * Includes nonfiction passages, practice assessments, and more * Answer key and instructional resources included Essential Reading Skills: The Mark Twain Reading Comprehension Workbook helps eighth graders students reinforce their reading comprehension skills by reading passages from a variety of topics and subjects. What's Included: This workbook contains versatile reading passages, before- and after-reading activities, differentiated guides, and vocabulary exercises to develop reading comprehension skills. How It Works: Students read different passages covering poetry, nonfiction, speeches, articles, and more, and answer before- and after-reading questions. Assessments focus on text recall, vocabulary, and more to enhance language arts skills. Working Together: Parents love using the workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate it into hands-on reading lessons during class. An answer key is included to help track student progress. Why Mark Twain Media: Designed by leading educators, Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and resources in a wide range of subjects for middle- and upper-grade classroom success.

Fifteen reading tests, just for sixth graders, designed to help them succeed on the standardized tests. Each four-page test reviews the following skills: * finding the main idea * reading for detail * understanding vocabulary * making inferences * sequencing * understanding cause and effect * understanding author's purpose * understanding fact and opinion These practice tests are formatted to help familiarize them with state and national tests like the TerraNova, ITBS, CTBS, and MAT.