{"product_id":"gr10elal-readingcomp","title":"Grade 10 English - Reading Comprehension Book of Practice Passages","description":"\u003cp\u003eGive your Grade 10 English Language Arts students a full year of targeted reading comprehension practice with this 40-passage, no-prep workbook — one passage per week, designed specifically to build the skills students need for the Alberta Grade 10 PAT and Grade 12 Diploma Examination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach passage is paired with multiple-choice questions written in the same style as Alberta Diploma Exam reading comprehension questions, so students get early, repeated exposure to the question formats, vocabulary, and inferential thinking the exam demands — starting in Grade 10, not Grade 12.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT'S INCLUDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40 original reading comprehension passages (one per week)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5–6 multiple-choice questions per passage (230+ questions total)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer key printed before AND after the questions for every passage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrect answers bolded for instant self-marking or teacher use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlberta Curriculum Outcomes listed for each passage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiverse genres across the full year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePassages written at a Grade 10–11 reading level\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully no-prep — print and go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGENRES INCLUDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis workbook covers the full range of text types students encounter on the Alberta Diploma Exam:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterary fiction (short story excerpts)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersonal essay and memoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersuasive and argumentative essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJournalism and feature articles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNature and science writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSatire and humour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHY THIS RESOURCE?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Alberta Diploma Exam asks students to do much more than identify surface-level details. 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