READING COMPREHENSION

Topics:

• Reading for Main Idea
• Reading for Details
• Word Meaning from Content
• Reading Between the Lines
• Reading Comprehension
• Reading Business Letters and Memos
• Following Simple Instructions
• Following Detailed Instructions
• Reading & Comprehending Classified Ads
• How Employers’ Interpret Resumes
• Reading & Understanding Procedure Manuals
• Using a Table of Contents and Index

Exercises and Tests:

• Reading Comprehension Fundamental Exercises (reading for main idea, reading for details, preconceptions, reading between the lines)
• Reading Exercise: “A Miracle Cure” (subtopic logical thinking)
• Reading Exercise: “The Metamorphosis” (subtopic: affirmations)
• Simple Instructions Exercise (creating a paper hat)
• Reading Help Wanted Ads Exercise
• How Employers Read Resumes Exercise (selecting whom to interview for specific classified ads)
• Reading Exercise: “Advertising All Over the World” (reading a business story)
• Reading a Letter for a Customer Exercise
• Reading an Internal Business Memo Exercise
• Complicated Instructions Exercise (scavenger hunt with specific rules and steps out of order)
• Using a Table of Contents and Index with a Procedure Manual Exercise
• Reading Comprehension Quiz