Nature Reading Passages
Title | Nature Reading Passages PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen M. Dolan |
Publisher | Milliken Publishing Company |
Pages | 9 |
Release | 2014-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0787723266 |
Students will enjoy reading these informational texts about animals and nature. They will learn about the honey badger and its guide, toad crossings, traveling trees, the Sphynx cat, and how penguins care for their young. The controlled vocabulary averages two readability levels below content to ensure understanding and promote confidence. Each passage includes follow-up questions to reinforce key comprehension skills and an answer key for easy assessment.
LSAT Reading Comprehension
Title | LSAT Reading Comprehension PDF eBook |
Author | Manhattan Prep |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 373 |
Release | 2014-03-25 |
Genre | Study Aids |
ISBN | 1937707814 |
Designed around the real-world legal applications of reading comprehension, the Manhattan Prep Reading Comprehension LSAT Strategy Guide is an essential tool for a surprisingly tricky part of the LSAT. Containing the best of Manhattan Prep’s expert strategies, this book will train you to approach the LSAT as a law student would approach a legal text—actively and with a purpose. The Reading Comprehension LSAT Strategy Guide teaches you how to recognize the core argument and then use it as a framework on which to organize the entire passage, improving the speed and clarity with which you read. To further improve your reading, it walks you through the process of annotation, discussing where and how to take notes in order to maximize your comprehension without eating up precious time. It also looks at what types of questions the LSAT asks and then arms you with the skills you need to spot issues and identify correct answers. Each chapter in the Reading Comprehension LSAT Strategy Guide features drills and full practice sets—made up of real LSAT questions—to help you absorb and apply what you’ve learned, while numerous, in-depth solutions walk you through the process of selecting the right answer and help you to achieve mastery. Further practice sets and other additional resources are included online and can be accessed through the Manhattan Prep website. Used by itself or with other Manhattan Prep materials, the Reading Comprehension LSAT Strategy Guide will push you to your top score.
Nature
Title | Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1849 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Reading Comprehension Blueprint
Title | The Reading Comprehension Blueprint PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Lewis Hennessy |
Publisher | Paul H Brookes Publishing |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-08 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN | 9781681254050 |
"The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text provides readers with a deeper understanding of reading comprehension and recommendations for developing evidence-based instruction. This organizational framework, aligned with the language comprehension strands of Scarborough's Reading Rope, prompts educators to ask themselves critical questions about vocabulary, syntax and sentence comprehension, text structures, students' background knowledge, levels of understanding, and inference. Sample classroom activities, a unit plan, sample lesson plans, and other resources provide valuable models and tools to use for designing and delivering high-quality instruction"--
Mindfulness & the Natural World
Title | Mindfulness & the Natural World PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Thompson |
Publisher | Leaping Hare Press |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 2013-10-28 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1782401237 |
Mindfulness & the Natural World explores what it means to connect with nature and how we can learn from nature to be more mindful in everyday life. Claire Thompson takes us on an engaging journey into the natural world and encourages us to experience its beauty and intrinsic value through the art of mindfulness. Through personal anecdotes and proven insights, she reveals how a deeper awareness of the natural world is key to inspiring us to care about and protect nature, and developing a more sustainable world.
Safe Passages
Title | Safe Passages PDF eBook |
Author | Jon P. Beckmann |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 419 |
Release | 2012-04-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1597269670 |
Safe Passages brings together in a single volume the latest information on the emerging science of road ecology as it relates to mitigating interactions between roads and wildlife. This practical handbook of tools and examples is designed to assist individuals and organizations thinking about or working toward reducing road-wildlife impacts. The book provides: an overview of the importance of habitat connectivity with regard to roads current planning approaches and technologies for mitigating the impacts of highways on both terrestrial and aquatic species different facets of public participation in highway-wildlife connectivity mitigation projects case studies from partnerships across North America that highlight successful on-the-ground implementation of ecological and engineering solutions recent innovative highway-wildlife mitigation developments Detailed case studies span a range of scales, from site-specific wildlife crossing structures, to statewide planning for habitat connectivity, to national legislation. Contributors explore the cooperative efforts that are emerging as a result of diverse organizations—including transportation agencies, land and wildlife management agencies, and nongovernmental organizations—finding common ground to tackle important road ecology issues and problems. Safe Passages is an important new resource for local-, state-, and national-level managers and policymakers working on road-wildlife issues, and will appeal to a broad audience including scientists, agency personnel, planners, land managers, transportation consultants, students, conservation organizations, policymakers, and citizens engaged in road-wildlife mitigation projects.
College Success
Title | College Success PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Baldwin |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781951693169 |