RICHIE’S ISEE® Upper Level · Volume 03
Reading Comprehension
EVIDENCE-FIRST READING
Name the task. Find the line. Prove it.
- 12UNITS · 6 QUESTION SKILLS × 6 PASSAGE TYPES
- 86ORIGINAL PASSAGES · 324 QUESTIONS · 720 PASSAGE-VOCABULARY ENTRIES
- 12-QUESTION DIAGNOSTIC · 2 FULL-LENGTH 36-QUESTION READING TESTS · 35-MINUTE PACE
FOUR-PART EXPLANATION DNA
Book Companion · 2026 Edition · v1.0
“Find the line. Then choose.”
Read with a purpose. Answer from the line.
Six passages, 36 questions, 35 minutes — and every question belongs to one of six skills: main idea, supporting ideas, inference, vocabulary in context, organization and logic, and tone, style, and figurative language. This book teaches those six skills one Unit at a time, applies them across six passage types — science, history, arts, biography, argument, and narrative — and finishes with two full-length timed Reading tests.
Inside this book
- Six skills, six units
- Name the strand from the stem, then locate the evidence it needs.
- Six passage types
- Science, history & social studies, arts & culture, biography, argument & opinion, narrative & memoir.
- 86 original passages · 324 questions
- Diagnostic, Focused and Mixed Practice, and two full-length 36-question Reading tests.
- Strategy in action
- Two worked examples per Unit with matching strategy breakdowns.
- Four-part explanations
- Evidence line → why the answer works → why each alternative fails → what to do next.
- 720 passage-vocabulary entries
- 60 per Unit, each bank with a matching quick quiz.
Word Lists & Tests
Book Companion
12 Units · 720 passage words · a Word List and two tests for every Unit
- 12 Word Lists
- 24 Word Tests
- 720 words
2026 Edition · v1.0
US Letter · prints on A4 with “Fit to page.”
Word List · page 1 of 2 Test Form A · page 1 of 2 Test Form B · page 1 of 4 Test Form B · page 2 of 4
| Unit | Word List | Test Form A | Test Form B | All three |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 01 · Main Idea & Author’s Purpose | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 02 · Supporting Ideas & Details | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 03 · Inference | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 04 · Vocabulary in Context | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 05 · Organization & Logic | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 06 · Tone, Style & Figurative Language | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 07 · Science | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 08 · History & Social Studies | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 09 · Arts & Culture | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 10 · Biography | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 11 · Argument & Opinion | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
| Unit 12 · Narrative & Memoir | 2 pp | 2 pp | 4 pp | 8 pp |
PART 1 · SIX CORE QUESTION TYPES
Unit 01 · Main Idea & Author’s Purpose
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