Read Faster, Understand More

This reading skills workbook for advanced students of English (Level 8 of 8 at Portland Community College) uses an over-arching theme of social justice reading materials -- many authentic texts -- to focus on these reading skills:

• Vocabulary in Context

• Finding the Main Idea 

• Identifying Supporting Details 

• Implied Main Ideas 

• Making Inferences 

• Reading Infographics 

• Patterns of Organization 

• Purpose and Tone 

Each unit includes vocabulary work; a graphic organizer and Google slides for skills presentations and practice; largely authentic texts with comprehension checks; and extension activities.

The teachers  guide provides a convenient answer key.

Maintenance funds were provided by a grant from Portland Community College's OER Steering Committee.

PCC INSTRUCTORS: If you wish to make a black-and-white student edition available for students through the bookstore, here is the PCC Print Center job number: #24491 (PCC's fake ISBN: 9780000244918