SSAT Middle Level Reading · Lessons

SSAT Middle Level Reading lessons

8 sections · 16 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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SSAT Middle Level Reading

Practice 16 skills across this outline.

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Identifying Source or Genre
Titles and Genres
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
8 categories
Titles and Genres
13%
Author's Purpose and Point of View
13%
Text Structure and Organization
13%
Vocabulary in Context
13%
Inference
13%
Key Details and Evidence
13%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ssat middle level reading — drill into a card to work its skills.

Titles and Genres

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Identifying Source or GenreRecommended
2
Choosing the Best TitleAvailable

Author's Purpose and Point of View

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Author's Attitude and ToneAvailable
2
Author's PurposeAvailable

Text Structure and Organization

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Author's Detail ChoicesAvailable
2
Text Organization PatternsAvailable

Vocabulary in Context

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Context Clue InferenceAvailable
2
Vocabulary in ContextAvailable

Inference

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Drawing ConclusionsAvailable
2
Making InferencesAvailable

Key Details and Evidence

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Explicit Detail RetrievalAvailable
2
Supporting EvidenceAvailable

Tone and Mood

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Identifying ToneAvailable
2
Mood From Descriptive LanguageAvailable

Main Idea and Summary

2 core skills13% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Main IdeaAvailable
2
Summarizing TextAvailable