These highly-effective, literature-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. This 208-page activity book is especially effective at helping students in Grades 7-8 understand challenging critical reading concepts such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, determining cause and effect, using context clues to define vocabulary, and making predictions and generalizations. Students read and analyze short literature passages and stories that include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence evidence to support their answers. The Grades 7-8 (B1) level include mixed-skills throughout. All levels provide an introductory lesson for each skill Details: 8.5" x 11"208 pages1 BookPaperbackGrade level: 7 - 8Teaching Support Includes: pretests, post-tests, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidenceReading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards