Often, the reason why students fail to achieve their academic potential is not because they don’t try hard enough, but because they have never learned the basic study skills necessary for success. The forty lessons in Essential Study Skills will teach your students to “work smarter, not harder.” Students who master these skills will spend less time, and accomplish more during homework and study time. Their test study will be more productive and they will get better grades. Reading comprehension and vocabulary will improve. Their writing will make more sense and essays will be easier to plan and complete. They will memorize better and forget less. Their schoolwork will seem easier and will be much more enjoyable. Lastly, students will feel better about themselves as learners and will be more motivated to succeed. Ideal curriculum for study skill, life skill, Advocacy/Advisory, Opportunity Program classes. The easy-to-follow lesson format of 1. Personal Assessment 2. Study Skill Tips and 3. Reflection is ideal for self-guided learning and practice.

Reading Study Skills
1. Choosing and Reading the Right Books
2. Reading Habits-The Bad and the Good
3. Silent Reading Fluency and Speed Reading
4. Interactive Reading
5. Building Comprehension-The SCRIP

Comprehension Strategies
6. Inferences-Reading Between the Lines
7. Marginal Annotations
8. Reading Non-Fiction Strategies
9. Skimming and Scanning

Writing Study Skills
10. Parts of Speech
11. Grammatical Sentence Openers
12. Spelling Rules
13. Punctuation Rules
14. Writing Complex Sentences
15. Writing Style Errors
16. Essay Writing Rules
17. Introductory Paragraphs
18. Body Paragraphs
19. Concluding Paragraphs

Listening/ Note-taking/Test-taking
20. Active Listening with ED IS PC
21. Note-taking
22. Test Preparation
23. Objective Test-taking Strategies
24. Matching Test-taking Strategies
25. Fill-in-the-Blank Test-taking Strategies
26. Multiple Choice Test-taking Strategies

How to Get Organized and Study Effectively
27. Study Environment and Time Management
28. The Daily Review
29. Grouping Memorization Technique
30. Association Memorization Technique
31. Linking Memorization Technique
32. Catch Words Memorization Technique
33. Catch Sentences Memorization Technique

Vocabulary Development
34. Syllabication Rules
35. Greek and Latin Word Parts
36. Context Clues

Motivation/ Goal-Setting/Attitude
37. How to Get Motivated
38. How to Avoid Procrastination
39. How to Set Goals
40. Positive Mental Attitude

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