Just for Girls Reading Comprehension, Grades 6-8 by On The Mark Press
What girl can resist topics such as horses, best friends, gymnastics, and fashion? This outstanding collection of original short stories, articles, interviews, biographies, advertisements, and more is sure to capture - and hold - the interest of all your young female readers. The subject matter, characters, and graphics have been carefully chosen to relate to girls of this age group. Real-world applications address students' literacy development as they analyze an advertising poster, advice column, and magazine articles. The before, during, and after reading exercises incorporate effective, research-based reading comprehension strategies including: activating prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning, drawing inferences, summarizing, synthesizing, monitoring and repairing comprehension, and evaluation. Includes a teacher guide, teacher and student rubrics, read aloud observation form, and answer key. by On The Mark Press