Summary of learning express editor e-book

Fadhil mhd (1105971)

K3/2011

 this books gives many kinds type of reading comprehension ,

Pretest:

This test to measure you understand about reading.

A,BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION:

The five lessons that follow cover the basics of reading comprehension:

■ fi nd the basic facts in a passage.

■ determine the main idea of a passage.

■ determine the meaning of unfamiliar words from context.

■ distinguish between fact and opinion.

A1)GETTING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

   What Are the Facts? By reading this question , the essential info will come out from the passage and understandable.

A fact is

■ something that we know for certain to have happened.

■ something that we know for certain to be true.

■ something that we know for certain to exist.

Chapter 1:

GETTING THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

The first step in increasing your reading comprehension is to learn how to get the basic information. Like a good detective, start with the basic facts. To get the facts, be an active reader and look for clues as you read.

2 FINDING THE MAIN IDEA

A detective finds the facts to determine “whodunit” and what the motive was. A reader determines the facts not only for their own sake but also to find out why the author is writing: What’s the main idea? This lesson shows you how to determine the main idea of what you read

3. DEFINING VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

An active reader looks up unfamiliar words. But what if you don’t have a dictionary? In a testing situation (or, for that matter, if you’re reading on the bus), you almost certainly won’t be able to look up words you don’t know. Instead, you can use the context to help you determine the meaning

If you are unfamiliar with a particular word, use context clues to try to fi gure out its meaning. Draw upon the important clues in the sentences that appear directly before and after the unfamiliar word or passage.  Punctuation can help you decipher unfamiliar words:

■ Parentheses are often used to highlight or

explain words or phrases and elaborate on the words that precede them.

■ An exclamation point appears in a sentence

in which some kind of surprise, shock, or excitement is taking place.

■ Commas often set off non-restrictive

elements that provide additional information and elaboration on a word.

Example: I wanted to buy a digital camera

with a zoom lens, which is very costly.

(The phrase “which is very costly” provides added information that can be used to fi gure out the meaning of the words that come before the phrase.)

4.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION

To make sense of what you read, you must be able to tell whether you’re reading fact or opinion. This lesson tells you how to distinguish what someone knows for certain from what  someone believes.

5. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

getting the facts, finding the main idea, determining what words mean in context, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. In this lesson, you’ll get vital practice in using all four skills at once.

6.START FROM THE BEGINNING: DEFINING VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

This lesson focuses on one of the simplest structures writers use: chronological order, or arrangement of events by the order in which they occured.

7. ORDER OF IMPORTANCE

This lesson shows you how writers use order of importance— from least to most important or from most to least important. Understanding this commonly used structure improves your reading comprehension

by helping you see what’s most important in a piece of writing.

8 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES: COMPARE AND CONTRAST

This lesson explores another organizational pattern writers often use to structure their writing: comparison and contrast.

9 WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN? A LOOK AT CAUSE AND EFFECT

“One thing leads to another”— that’s the principle behind cause and effect. Understanding cause and effect, and the relationship between them, will make you a better reader.

10.BEING STRUCTURALLY SOUND: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.

This lesson gives you more practice in discerning the structure of a reading passage.

10a.LANGUAGE AND STYLE

■ Point of view

■ Diction

■ Style

■ Tone

11. A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE: POINT OF VIEW

This lesson introduces you to the concept of point of view, one strategy writers use to convey their meaning to readers. Aspects such as whether writers use the more subjective I or the more objective one, whether they address readers as you or merely refer to an anonymous they, infl uence how readers understand what the writer has written.

My comments about this e-book:

 This e-book is the good book for secondary student and college student. It is because the contain of the book that understandable and have much knowledge that can improve our reading skill. This book also has a plus point because it gives a training or drill to make sure the reader understand about  the material. It suchgood idea for another education book that give a knowledge about something important to give such a drill or personal training. In the result , 20 minutes of reading will effective to improve your reading comprehension.