{"product_id":"advanced-comprehension-skills-oc-linked-extracts-book-1","title":"Advanced Comprehension Skills: OC Linked Extracts Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned to help students develop their comprehension skills and prepare for the NSW Opportunity Class Test\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, designed for Year 4, 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 author's purpose and craft, finding the main idea and inferencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn introduction provides tips on how to approach the questions and what to look out for. This is followed by 20 stimulating units of work, each containing 8 advanced comprehension questions. The end of the book contains detailed explanations for each question so that students can carefully review and understand their mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 1 Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 2 Colour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 3 Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 4 Food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 5 Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 6 Buildings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 7 Curiosity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 8 Kindness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 9 Animals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 10 Speed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 11 School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 12 The future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 13 Winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 14 Imprisonment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 15 Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 16 Birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 17 Deception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 18 Dragons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 19 Intelligence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnit 20 Transformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Kelly\u003c\/strong\u003e has worked in international assessments for 20 years as both a marker and author of education assessment material, including ICAS and NAPLAN. She has a background as a high school English teacher and has published seven books for children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith over a decade of experience preparing students for Selective, Scholarship and OC exams, \u003cstrong\u003eTysan Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the co-founder and head teacher of EduVision, where he teaches enrichment writing and reading comprehension classes. He is also the co-author of \u003cem\u003eAdvanced Comprehension Skills: Cloze Passages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Five Senses Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54688928563473,"sku":"9781760324919","price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/9781760324919-acs-oc-linked-extracts-book-1-web.jpg?v=1789629324","url":"https:\/\/www.teachersuperstore.com.au\/products\/advanced-comprehension-skills-oc-linked-extracts-book-1","provider":"Teacher Superstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}