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REA's Grade 8 Ohio Achievement Test - Reading - Test Prep!
Fully aligned with the Academic Content Standards of the Ohio Department of Education
Are you prepared to excel on this state high-stakes assessment exam?
* Take the diagnostic Pretest and find out what you know and what you should know
* Use REA's advice and tips to ready yourself for proper study and practice
Sharpen your knowledge and skills
* The book's full subject review refreshes knowledge and covers all four standards on the official exam: Acquisition of Vocabulary, Reading Process, Informational Text, and Literary Text
* Smart and friendly lessons reinforce necessary skills
* Key tutorials enhance specific abilities needed on the test
* Targeted drills increase comprehension and help organize study
* Color icons and graphics highlight important concepts and tasks
Practice for real
* Create the closest experience to test-day conditions with a full-length practice Posttest
* Chart your progress with detailed explanations of each answer
* Boost confidence with test-taking strategies and focused drills
Ideal for Classroom, Family, or Solo Test Preparation!
REA has helped generations of students study smart and excel on the important tests. REAs study guides for state-required exams are teacher-recommended and written by experts who have mastered the test.
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REA has pioneered the development of Test Preps for a great many different tests and subjects. REA's Test Prep titles are widely acclaimed and are among Test Prep bestsellers.
- Many schools have adopted REA's Test Preps for their AP, college, and graduate school preparation courses.
- REA's Test Preps are exceptionally comprehensive -- far more so than any other test preparation series.
- They include practice tests, followed by detailed explanations, to ensure that students understand the subject matter and will be well prepared for their exams.
- They include extensive reviews of the subject matter covered by the particular test. This allows students to brush up on the subject and to anticipate the type and depth of information they will face on the actual exam.
- Each REA Test Prep is continually updated and based on the most recent tests in the field.
- Practice test questions are accurate representations of what students can expect to encounter on the actual exam.
- Most Test Preps measure 6 11/16 x 10 (17 cm x 25.5 cm).
Synopsis
REA's Grade 8 Ohio Achievement Test - Reading - Test Prep Fully aligned with the Academic Content Standards of the Ohio Department of Education Are you prepared to excel on this state high-stakes assessment exam? * Take the diagnostic Pretest and find out what you know and what you
should know
* Use REA's advice and tips to ready yourself for proper study and practice
Sharpen your knowledge and skills
* The book's full subject review refreshes knowledge and covers all four standards on the official exam: Acquisition of Vocabulary, Reading Process, Informational Text, and Literary Text
* Smart and friendly lessons reinforce necessary skills
* Key tutorials enhance specific abilities needed on the test
* Targeted drills increase comprehension and help organize study
* Color icons and graphics highlight important concepts and tasks
Practice for real
* Create the closest experience to test-day conditions with a full-length practice Posttest
* Chart your progress with detailed explanations of each answer
* Boost confidence with test-taking strategies and focused drills
Ideal for Classroom, Family, or Solo Test Preparation
REA has helped generations of students study smart and excel on the important tests. REA's study guides for state-required exams are teacher-recommended and written by experts who have mastered the test.
Synopsis
Ohio Achievement Test - 8th Grade Reading Completely aligned with the standards adopted by the Ohio Department of Education REA helps Grade 8 students get ready for Ohio Achievement Test - 8th Grade Reading!
Our practice and review for Ohio Achievement Test - Reading includes:
- Pretest and Posttest measure learning and progress
- Lessons enhance vocabulary and literary analysis skills
- Color icons highlight key concepts, questions, tasks, and more
- Confidence-building tips to reduce test anxiety and boost test-day readiness
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About REA
Acknowledgments
Succeeding on the Ohio grade 8 reading achievement test
About This Book
How to Use This Book
Why Students are Required to Take the Ohio Grade 8 Reading Achievement Test x
What's on the Ohio Grade 8 -Reading Achievement Test
Ohio Grade 8 Reading Achievement Test Standards
Tips for the Student
Tips for Parents
Pretest
Answer sheets
Answer key
Lesson 1: Word Recognition
Passage 1: America's First Zoo
Passage 2: Catching the Butterflies
Passage 3: The Common Cold: Unbeatable Bug?
Passage 4: The Invisible Tree
Lesson 2: Inferences and Conclusions
Passage 1: The Truth about Organ Donation
Passage 2: Excerpt from Hard Times
Passage 3: Space Colonization: Too Big a Risk
Passage 4: Excerpt from The Secret Garden
Lesson 3: Author's Purpose
Passage 1: How to Set Up an Aquarium
Passage 2: The Frame
Passage 3: Beating Writer's Block
Passage 4: Cutting Class Size
Lesson 4: Literature, Part 1
Passage 1: Excerpt from Bleak House
Passage 2: Up-Hill
Passage 3: Mr. Salazar
Passage 4: The Story of an Hour
Lesson 5: Literature, Part 2
Passage 1: Memories of Montgomery
Passage 2: The Bunkhouse
Passage 3: Bitter Competition
Passage 4: Because I could not stop for Death
Posttest
Answer sheets
Answer key