Steve’s Booklist for OC/Selective Exam Preparation
- October 3, 2024
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Weekly Updates | Steve’s Recommended Booklist is Here!
Hi everyone! We’re excited to bring you a weekly booklist carefully created by Steve, designed to help improve your reading comprehension and reasoning skills! This list is especially helpful for those struggling with inference questions or understanding deeper meanings in texts.
This week, we’re sharing the top 5 highly-rated books:
Wonder – R.J. Palacio
Skills improved: inference, identifying themes, understanding characters’ emotions and motivations.
The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate
Skills improved: understanding the narrator’s perspective, inferring characters’ emotions, and identifying deeper themes.
Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White
Skills improved: reasoning, cause and effect, understanding emotional tone and character behavior.
Matilda – Roald Dahl
Skills improved: identifying humor and irony, understanding tone, inferring character traits and relationships.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo
Skills improved: reasoning, understanding symbolism, identifying character growth and lessons from the story.
These books not only offer engaging stories but also help boost your reasoning skills, understanding of complex emotions, and understanding of deeper meanings. Enjoy more fun and knowledge through reading! 📖
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