Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

L E S S O N
Putting It All
Together
L E S S O N S U M M A R Y
This lesson reviews what you learned in Lessons 1–4: getting the
facts, finding the main idea, determining what words mean in context,
and distinguishing between fact and opinion. In this lesson, you’ll get
vital practice in using all four skills at once.
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R e v i e w : W h a t Yo u ’ v e
L e a r n e d s o F a r
These are the strategies you studied in the past four
lessons:
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Lesson 1: Find the facts in what you read.
You
practiced looking for the basic information that
was being conveyed in the paragraphs: the who,
what, when, where, and how.
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Lesson 2: Find the main idea.
You learned about
topic sentences and how they express an assertion
about the subject of the paragraph. You saw how
the main idea must be general enough to encom-
pass all other sentences in the paragraph; it is the
thought that controls the paragraph, and the other
sentences work to support that main idea.
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Lesson 3: Determine the meaning of words from
context.
You practiced looking for clues to
determine meaning in the words and sentences
surrounding the unfamiliar word or phrase.
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Lesson 4: Distinguish between fact and opinion.
You learned that a fact is something 
known
to be
true, whereas an opinion is something 
believed
to
be true. You practiced distinguishing between the
two and saw how good paragraphs use facts to
support opinions.
P r a c t i c e
In this lesson, you will sharpen your reading compre-
hension skills by using all of these strategies at once.
This will become more natural to you as your reading
skills develop.