Publisher's Synopsis
Prime-time Comprehension is a series of three books for ages 5-7, 8-10 and 11+, which develop reading and comprehending using text types. There are 20 original texts: five fiction, five comic strips, five non-fiction and five poems. The texts within each genre are sequenced in order of difficulty. Each four-page unit includes: an appropriately illustrated text, a page with five literal and five interpretive-type questions, one with five evaluative-type questions and one with an activity to expand on the text topic. Features: - original and varied texts - three-book series - fiction, non-fiction, comic strips and poetry texts - texts within each genre sequenced in order of difficulty - four-page units for each of the 20 texts - questions organised in three levels - an activity page for each text - an explanation of different levels of questioning - answers where appropriate
