Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, Primary, Primary English, Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Scholarship, Scholarship, SCHOLARSHIP EXAM PRACTICE BOOKS, Selective school & Scholarship, Selective School Tests, Selective School Tests, Teacher’s Resources, Year, Year, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8
Advanced Comprehension Cloze Passages book 2
$35.95
Contents
Earth Wind Fire Water
- An island is born
- The sands of time
- Good fire, bad fire
- Tornado, hurricane, cyclone
- Karst: Ten per cent of the earth
- Colours in the sky
- What is this I see sparkling in the dirt?
- The Iguazú Falls
- Renewable energy
- Give us a wave!
Technology
- Why aren’t we already living in space?
- Cloud seeding
- Robot teachers?
- Oh, to live forever!
- The role of technology in espionage
- Planned obsolescence
- 3D printing
- Chicken made in a lab
- Autonomous vehicles
- Terraforming
Human Society and Culture
- The power of pop culture
- Dragons
- The mystery of mass hysteria
- The Olympic Games: economic boom or doom?
- Superhero obsession
- Once upon a time: the evolution of fairy tales
- The gift economy
- Fast fashion
- IQ and EQ
- Conspiracy theories
About the Authors
Janelle Ho has worked in education for 30 years. She started her career teaching gifted and talented teenagers for a decade, before moving into assessments. In the last two decades, her job has been in developing international literacy assessments. She is currently Head of Education at EduVision. With over a decade of experience preparing students for Selective, Scholarship and OC exams, Tysan Allen is the co-founder, director and head teacher of EduVision, where he teaches enrichment writing and reading comprehension classes. He is also the co-author of Advanced Comprehension Skills: Linked Extracts. Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, Primary, Primary English, Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Scholarship, Scholarship, SCHOLARSHIP EXAM PRACTICE BOOKS, Selective school & Scholarship, Selective School Tests, Selective School Tests, Teacher’s Resources, Year, Year, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8
Advanced Comprehension Cloze Passages book 2
$35.95
Contents
Earth Wind Fire Water
- An island is born
- The sands of time
- Good fire, bad fire
- Tornado, hurricane, cyclone
- Karst: Ten per cent of the earth
- Colours in the sky
- What is this I see sparkling in the dirt?
- The Iguazú Falls
- Renewable energy
- Give us a wave!
Technology
- Why aren’t we already living in space?
- Cloud seeding
- Robot teachers?
- Oh, to live forever!
- The role of technology in espionage
- Planned obsolescence
- 3D printing
- Chicken made in a lab
- Autonomous vehicles
- Terraforming
Human Society and Culture
- The power of pop culture
- Dragons
- The mystery of mass hysteria
- The Olympic Games: economic boom or doom?
- Superhero obsession
- Once upon a time: the evolution of fairy tales
- The gift economy
- Fast fashion
- IQ and EQ
- Conspiracy theories
About the Authors
Janelle Ho has worked in education for 30 years. She started her career teaching gifted and talented teenagers for a decade, before moving into assessments. In the last two decades, her job has been in developing international literacy assessments. She is currently Head of Education at EduVision. With over a decade of experience preparing students for Selective, Scholarship and OC exams, Tysan Allen is the co-founder, director and head teacher of EduVision, where he teaches enrichment writing and reading comprehension classes. He is also the co-author of Advanced Comprehension Skills: Linked Extracts.
Accelerated / Seal Program, Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, English Skills, Primary, Scholarship, Secondary, Selective School Tests, Year 6
Advanced Comprehension Skills: Cloze Passages Book 1
$35.95
A cloze passage requires students to make sense of the meaning and grammar of the surrounding words in order to fill in gaps in the text. In this book, designed for Years 5 and 6, students are challenged to match deleted sentences with the correct gaps in a given passage. Texts are authored specifically to require students to use a range of higher-order comprehension skills, including identifying the main idea and making connections between ideas.
An introductory chapter offers tips and tricks on how to approach the activities – for example, identifying topic sentences and patterns of text organisation, and understanding connectives and other details – before providing some practice questions with worked solutions. Students will then work through 30 cloze practice units across 3 themed chapters: Heroes and Villains, History and Animalia. Each chapter is designed to increase in difficulty.
Accelerated / Seal Program, Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, English Skills, Primary, Scholarship, Secondary, Selective School Tests, Year 6
Advanced Comprehension Skills: Cloze Passages Book 1
$35.95
A cloze passage requires students to make sense of the meaning and grammar of the surrounding words in order to fill in gaps in the text. In this book, designed for Years 5 and 6, students are challenged to match deleted sentences with the correct gaps in a given passage. Texts are authored specifically to require students to use a range of higher-order comprehension skills, including identifying the main idea and making connections between ideas.
An introductory chapter offers tips and tricks on how to approach the activities – for example, identifying topic sentences and patterns of text organisation, and understanding connectives and other details – before providing some practice questions with worked solutions. Students will then work through 30 cloze practice units across 3 themed chapters: Heroes and Villains, History and Animalia. Each chapter is designed to increase in difficulty.
Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, Primary, Secondary, Test Preparation, Year 5, Year 6
Advanced Comprehension Skills: Linked Extracts Book 1
$28.95
Designed to help students develop their comprehension skills and prepare for the NSW Selective Test
In this book, designed for Years 5 and 6, students will read four passages linked by theme and then answer a series of comprehension questions to test their understanding. Featuring a range of engaging and challenging texts from various genres of writing, students will need to apply higher-order comprehension skills, including summarising, comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions, understanding authorÂ’s purpose and craft, finding the main idea and inferencing.
Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, Primary, Secondary, Test Preparation, Year 5, Year 6
Advanced Comprehension Skills: Linked Extracts Book 1
$28.95
Designed to help students develop their comprehension skills and prepare for the NSW Selective Test
In this book, designed for Years 5 and 6, students will read four passages linked by theme and then answer a series of comprehension questions to test their understanding. Featuring a range of engaging and challenging texts from various genres of writing, students will need to apply higher-order comprehension skills, including summarising, comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions, understanding authorÂ’s purpose and craft, finding the main idea and inferencing.
Advanced Reading Comprehension Tests Years 8,9,10
$16.95
This book includes 29 comprehension tests designed for students in Years 8 to 10 to improve their reading for understanding and aspects of vocabulary. It will be useful for the very advanced pupils who sit for selective school tests or scholarship examinations in Year 6. This book will also be invaluable for students sitting for selective school tests or scholarship examinations in Years 8 to 10.
Advanced Reading Comprehension Tests Years 8,9,10
$16.95
This book includes 29 comprehension tests designed for students in Years 8 to 10 to improve their reading for understanding and aspects of vocabulary. It will be useful for the very advanced pupils who sit for selective school tests or scholarship examinations in Year 6. This book will also be invaluable for students sitting for selective school tests or scholarship examinations in Years 8 to 10.
Comprehension Eight
$20.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 55
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Eight
$20.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 55
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Nine
$20.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 56
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Nine
$20.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 56
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Seven
$18.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 54
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Seven
$18.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 54
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Ten
$20.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 57
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension Ten
$20.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 57
Each book in the Five Senses Skill Builders: Comprehension series contains 25-35 comprehension exercises requiring a variety of response types: multiple-choice, choose the correct response, short-answer responses and extended responses. The comprehension passages utilise a wide variety of text types and answers are included.
Comprehension, English, English Skills, Grammar, Insight English Skills Series, Listening, Secondary English, Spelling, Teacher's Resources, Vocabuary, Writing, Writing Skills, Year 10
English for NSW Year 10 Stage 5
$27.95
Each title in the English for NSW series:
- Addresses the relevant stage of the new NSW English curriculum
- Targets the key focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing ideas and composing texts
- Includes a complete year of suggested units
- Is engaging and visually appealing to enhance student learning
- Contains units driven by inquiry learning, offering opportunities for both individual and collaborative learning
- Features a range of text types, including well-known and contemporary texts reflective of varied cultural experiences.
Comprehension, English, English Skills, Grammar, Insight English Skills Series, Listening, Secondary English, Spelling, Teacher's Resources, Vocabuary, Writing, Writing Skills, Year 10
English for NSW Year 10 Stage 5
$27.95
Each title in the English for NSW series:
- Addresses the relevant stage of the new NSW English curriculum
- Targets the key focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing ideas and composing texts
- Includes a complete year of suggested units
- Is engaging and visually appealing to enhance student learning
- Contains units driven by inquiry learning, offering opportunities for both individual and collaborative learning
- Features a range of text types, including well-known and contemporary texts reflective of varied cultural experiences.
Comprehension, English, English Skills, Grammar, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary English, Teacher's Resources, Vocabuary, Writing, Year 9
English for NSW Year 9 Stage5
$27.95
Each title in the English for NSW series:
- Addresses the relevant stage of the new NSW English curriculum
- Targets the key focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing ideas and composing texts
- Includes a complete year of suggested units
- Is engaging and visually appealing to enhance student learning
- Contains units driven by inquiry learning, offering opportunities for both individual and collaborative learning
- Features a range of text types, including well-known and contemporary texts reflective of varied cultural experiences.
Comprehension, English, English Skills, Grammar, Insight English Skills Series, Secondary English, Teacher's Resources, Vocabuary, Writing, Year 9
English for NSW Year 9 Stage5
$27.95
Each title in the English for NSW series:
- Addresses the relevant stage of the new NSW English curriculum
- Targets the key focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing ideas and composing texts
- Includes a complete year of suggested units
- Is engaging and visually appealing to enhance student learning
- Contains units driven by inquiry learning, offering opportunities for both individual and collaborative learning
- Features a range of text types, including well-known and contemporary texts reflective of varied cultural experiences.
Comprehension, English, English Skills, Grammar, Insight English Skills Series, Punctuation, Secondary English, Teacher's Resources, Vocabuary, Work Book, Writing, Writing Skills, Year 7
English for NSW Year7 Stage 4
$27.95
Each title in the English for NSW series:
- Addresses the relevant stage of the new NSW English curriculum
- Targets the key focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing ideas and composing texts
- Includes a complete year of suggested units
- Is engaging and visually appealing to enhance student learning
- Contains units driven by inquiry learning, offering opportunities for both individual and collaborative learning
- Features a range of text types, including well-known and contemporary texts reflective of varied cultural experiences.
Comprehension, English, English Skills, Grammar, Insight English Skills Series, Punctuation, Secondary English, Teacher's Resources, Vocabuary, Work Book, Writing, Writing Skills, Year 7
English for NSW Year7 Stage 4
$27.95
Each title in the English for NSW series:
- Addresses the relevant stage of the new NSW English curriculum
- Targets the key focus areas of reading, viewing and listening to texts; understanding and responding to texts; and expressing ideas and composing texts
- Includes a complete year of suggested units
- Is engaging and visually appealing to enhance student learning
- Contains units driven by inquiry learning, offering opportunities for both individual and collaborative learning
- Features a range of text types, including well-known and contemporary texts reflective of varied cultural experiences.
Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, English Skills, Naplan, Naplan, Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Test Preparation, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Essential Naplan Reading and Comprehension year 3
$24.95
- 9 beginner reading tests
- 9 intermediate reading tests
- 9 advanced reading tests
- 3 practice NAPLAN-format tests
- Features a range of text types - plays, poems, reviews, letters, fiction, visual texts and more
- Answers are included
Comprehension, Comprehension, English, English, English Skills, Naplan, Naplan, Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Test Preparation, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Essential Naplan Reading and Comprehension year 3
$24.95
- 9 beginner reading tests
- 9 intermediate reading tests
- 9 advanced reading tests
- 3 practice NAPLAN-format tests
- Features a range of text types - plays, poems, reviews, letters, fiction, visual texts and more
- Answers are included
Multiple Choice Comprehension for Years 7 & 8
$16.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 24
This series aims to help students to familiarise themselves and gain greater understanding of multiple choice comprehensions.
Multiple Choice Comprehension for Years 7 & 8
$16.95
Five Senses Skill Builders No. 24
This series aims to help students to familiarise themselves and gain greater understanding of multiple choice comprehensions.