ISEE LOWER LEVEL READING COMPREHENSION - 400 PRACTICE PROBLEMS
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Copyright February 2015 - ISEE Exam Preparation Experts
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ISEE Lower Level READING Comprehension practice only!
ISEE Lower Level READING Comprehension practice only!
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*** Other ISEE Lower / Middle / Upper test preparation materials from "ISEE Exam Preparation Experts" are available or will become available for your Amazon Kindle.
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This Kindle eBook only contains ISEE Lower Level Reading Comprehension problems. The actual ISEE Lower Level contains Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Mathematics Achievement and Essay sections as well, but this eBook does NOT cover those sections.
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This Kindle eBook is intended for use by current FOURTH and FIFTH graders applying for private schools that require the ISEE Lower Level.
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FIRST half of this eBook ( Problems #1 to #204 )
The first half ( #1 to #204 ) of the problem set of this Kindle eBook contains "easy-medium" ISEE Lower Level Reading Comprehension passages and questions. If your child is currently in 3rd or 4th grade, he or she should focus on these problems first. These more fundamental problems provide an array of intermediary steps to transition to harder ISEE Lower Level Reading Comprehension passages and questions. The ISEE Lower Level can be challenging and intimidating, but these "easy-medium" problems will build a foundation of skill, confidence and rhythm in a young test-taker.
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SECOND half of this eBook ( Problems #205 to #404 )
The second half ( #205 to #404 ) of the problem set of this Kindle eBook contains "medium-hard" ISEE Lower Level Reading Comprehension passages and questions. If your child is currently in 4th or 5th grade, he or she can focus on these problems. These "medium-hard" problems are designed to challenge advanced test-takers to reach the highest ISEE scaled score ranges preferred at many top private institutions across the country.
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The types of questions you may be asked focus on six categories:
- The Main Idea items assess the student's ability to look for an overall message, theme, or central idea in the passage.
- The Supporting Ideas items assess the student's ability to identify explicit ideas that support the main idea.
- Inference items ask the student to draw a conclusion from content not explicitly stated in the text. Inference items may ask the student to compare and contrast ideas, interpret or analyze text, and / or predict subsequent events or outcomes.
- Vocabulary items deal with word definitions within the context of the passage, usually in the form of "most nearly means."
- Organization / Logic items ask students to identify the sequence, pattern, relationship, structure or summary of the passage.
- Tone / Style / Figurative Language items assess the student's understanding of mood, tone, point of view and figurative language such as images, irony and personification.
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What is the purpose of these 404 ISEE Lower Level Reading Comprehension practice problems?
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A pervasive characteristic of ISEE Lower Level private school admission exams is that they are very difficult, oftentimes featuring test questions one to two grade levels above your child's current public or private school curriculum. The ISEE targets a small, highly competitive group of students applying for top private schools across the nation.
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Using our years of experience developing training guides for a national test preparation company, we have created ISEE study materials that closely approximate the sequence, scope, phrasing and difficulty level of actual exams. We have accomplished this through years of meticulous research into individual ISEE test questions and through information acquired from former test participants. Thousands of applicants have worked through the ISEE Lower Level Reading Comprehension practice problems contained within this Kindle eBook to enhance their candidacies in the private school admission process.
