Reading Level 1 — Beginner Pre-Test Comprehension Skills Previewing and Predicting Previewing Predicting Identifying Topics and Main Ideas Identifying the Topic of a List Understanding Paragraphs Identifying the Topic of a Paragraph Identifying the Main Idea Scanning Scanning for Letters and Letter Combinations Scanning for Key Words and Phrases Scanning for Information Recognizing Patterns Recognizing Time Order Listing Pattern Sequence Pattern Making Inferences Making Inferences from Pictures Making Inferences from Riddles Making Inferences from Conversations and Stories Comprehension Skills Practice Test Vocabulary Building Dictionary Work Using the Dictionary Parts of Speech Finding the Right Meaning Word Parts Prefixes Suffixes Word Forms and Families Guessing Meaning from Context What Is Context? Guessing the Meaning of Words How Words Work Together Phrases Parts of Sentences Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives Vocabulary Building Practice Test Thinking in English Thinking in English Practice Thinking in English Practice Test Study Skills Dictionary Words Choosing Words to Learn Storing and Studying New Words Tips for Reading Tests Language in Context Appendices Appendix 1 Taking Notes: Identifying Key Ideas Appendix 2 Underlining and Highlighting Appendix 3 Reading Strategies Appendix 4 The Most Common Words Appendix 5 Transitions for Time Order Appendix 6 Transitions for Patterns Post-Test Answer Key

Maximize Your Reading 1 provides students with instruction and practice in developing their academic reading, vocabulary, and study skills. The four levels of Maximize Your Reading Workbooks feature useful strategies and abundant practice, helping students become confident and successful readers. This flexible four-level workbook series can be used with any other reading texts or integrated skills courses. Highlights Reading Comprehension section offers extensive reading and critical thinking skill development and includes skimming, scanning, previewing, predicting, making inferences, and recognizing patterns. Vocabulary Building section helps students develop the essential vocabulary-building strategies and includes practice in dictionary work, recognizing word parts and collocations, and guessing meaning from context. Reading Faster section includes longer readings and allows students to apply reading skills and strategies and build their fluency and flexibility in reading longer texts. Timed and untimed reading options help students develop the fluency skills needed to read and understand texts quickly. Pre- and post-tests provide formative assessment at the beginning of the course and summative assessment at the end. End-of-section tests allow student to check how well they understood the content of each section. Clear skill presentations provide explanations and give students extra reinforcement. 

Reading Comprehension section offers extensive reading and critical thinking skill development and includes skimming, scanning, previewing, predicting, making inferences, and recognising patterns. Vocabulary Building section helps students develop the essential vocabulary-building strategies and includes practice in dictionary work, recognising word parts and collocations, and guessing meaning from context. Reading Faster section includes longer readings and allows students to apply reading skills and strategies and build their fluency and flexibility in reading longer texts. Timed and untimed reading options help students develop the fluency skills needed to read and understand texts quickly. Pre- and post-tests provide formative assessment at the beginning of the course and summative assessment at the end. End-of-section tests allow student to check how well they understood the content of each section. Clear skill presentations provide explanations and give students extra reinforcement.