Reading & Comprehension Workbook Age 9-11 - Softcover

Elkin, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471829650 ISBN 13: 9781471829659

Publisher: Galore Park, 2014

Synopsis

Solid and rigorous practice material in reading and comprehension for children to work on throughout the year, and in preparation for pre-tests and 11 Plus Common Entrance exams.

Give pupils the best chance of success in Pre-Tests and 11 plus exams with varied and thorough reading and comprehension exercises. This write-in workbook for pupils aged 9-11 provides 25 different passages with questions, tips and advice, plus pull-out answers.

- Appreciate how writers use language to create effects
- Learn the meaning of unfamiliar words in context and grow vocabulary
- Write accurate and detailed responses to questions about reading

Also covers: reading for meaning, close reading, deduction, understanding implication and nuance.

Also available from Galore Park:
- Writing Workbook Age 9-11
- Spelling & Vocabulary Workbook Age 9-11
- Grammar & Punctuation Workbook Age 9-11

About this title

Book Description:

Solid and rigorous practice material in reading and comprehension for children to work on throughout the year, and in preparation for KS2 SATS English tests, pre-tests and 11 Plus Common Entrance 11 plus exams.

About the Author:

Susan Elkin M.A. B.A. (Hons.) Cert. Ed. taught English for 36 years and was a member of the English department at Benenden School from 1993 to 2004. She is now a full-time freelance writer, journalist and author of over 30 books including So You Really Want To Learn English books 1, 2 and 3 and English Year 9 published by Galore Park. Her e-book (Kindle 2103) Please Miss We're Boys describes - with humour - her first teaching job as a naïve young woman in an all boys' school in 1960s Deptford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Galore Park
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1471829650
• ISBN 13: 9781471829659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88