In this lesson, students learn how to identify the main idea in a short text. They learn clues, tips, and a helpful formula to find the main idea. This lesson includes vocabulary review practice, comprehension, and assessment.

Identifying the Main Idea

In this lesson, students learn how to read for detail. They also learn about different types of reading comprehension questions. This lesson includes idioms, vocabulary practice, comprehension, and assessment.

Reading for Detail

In this lesson, students learn how to identify the author’s purpose in a short text. They learn clues, tips, and a helpful acronym to find the author’s primary purpose. This lesson includes vocabulary review practice, comprehension, and assessment. 

Identifying the Author's Purpose

In this lesson, students learn how to use three common context clues to figure out the meanings of new words. They practice identifying synonyms, antonyms, and definitions within a text. This lesson includes an assessment task.

Using Context Clues

In this lesson, students learn how to identify and understand implied meaning in written texts. They learn the difference between the commonly confused words “imply” and “infer” and practice reading between the lines and inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words. This lesson includes vocabulary review practice, comprehension, and assessment. 

Understanding Implied Meaning

In this lesson, students learn how to identify different points of view including first person, second person, and third person (limited, omniscient, and objective). This lesson includes vocabulary review practice, comprehension, and assessment.

Identifying Points of View

Students read an article with 7 useful tips to help them improve performance on multiple-choice tests. These tips will enable students to feel more confident during a variety of assessments. This resource includes a vocabulary check of words related to assessment as well as practice test items.

Test-Taking Strategies

Reading tests have a few common question types, including reading for the main idea, details, and inference. 

These lessons review the main types of questions ESL students will find on reading assessments and standardized tests, such as CASAS STEPS.

Reading Test Question Prep