Prime-time Comprehensionis a series of three books for ages 5-7, 8-10 and 11+, which develop reading and comprehending using text types.

There are 20 original texts:

• five fiction
• five comic strips
• five non-fiction
• five poems.

The texts within each genre are sequenced in order of difficulty. Each four-page unit includes: an appropriately illustrated text, a page with five literal and five interpretive-type questions, one with five evaluative-type questions and one with an activity to expand on the text topic.

Features:

• original and varied texts
• fiction, non-fiction, comic strips and poetry texts
• texts within each genre sequenced in order of difficulty
• four-page units for each of the 20 texts
• questions organised in three levels
• an activity page for each text
• an explanation of different levels of questioning
• answers where appropriate