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10 Writing Workbooks for Students in Grades 2-8
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for writing, the Writing Program Series teaches students how to write, using a step by step approach. The use of Concept Maps is incorporated to help students plan and organize their writing and also to visualize their sentences clearly. The skills gained using the Concept Maps are then reinforced with writing activities. Students learn how to gather research, include dialogue, use descriptive words and many other important skills. They focus on the structure and content of well written paragraphs. They also learn about revising and proofreading. Students end the program with a complete and well-written writing.
A Teacher's Edition is available for each one of the Workbooks. Included in the Teacher's Edition is guided instruction for each page of the workbook, as well as Mentor Texts in the genre of that specific writing.
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Recommended for Grades 2-4
A book report is written on a book that the students have read. The students learn to describe the characters with different attributes, choose a theme, write an introduction, summarize the story and write a conclusion. The students learn how to edit, revise and proofread their work.
The Book Report -Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook and is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
WRITE a LETTER
Recommended for Grades 2-5
The students choose to write either a thank you, apology, news or congratulatory letter. The skills are taught step by step to help students write a unique and interesting letter that is correctly formatted. The students learn how to address an envelope and finish with a letter that is ready to be mailed. The students also learn to write a business letter. They choose to write either a complaint, request or information letter to a company, business or government agency. The students learn proper letter format and end with a unique, correct and interesting letter, which they can actually mail to the subject.
The Letter Writing -Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook, as well as many Sample Letters to model the skills.
WRITE a FRIENDLY LETTER
Recommended for Grades 2-5
The students learn to write a thank you, apology, news or congratulatory letter. The skills are taught step by step to help students write unique and interesting letters that are correctly formatted. The students learn how to address an envelope and finish with letters that are ready to be mailed.
NONFICTION ESSAY
Recommended for Grades 3-5
This course includes step by step skill building to help students write a nonfiction essay. Students choose a topic and learn how to write an engaging introduction, organize the information into a main topic and subtopics and write 3 body paragraphs that have topic sentences, supporting sentences and an interesting conclusion.
The Nonfiction Essay -Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook, as well as three Mentor Texts to model the skills. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Recommended for Grades 4-6
Students learn the art of telling a story with this course. The students learn skills such as adding descriptive words, similes, dialogue, feelings and a main idea into their story to make their writing compelling and interesting to read. The skills are taught with activities, quizzes and an exciting narrated mentor text.
The Personal Narrative-Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook, as well as a narrated Mentor Texts to model the skills. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
BIOGRAPHY
Recommended for Grades 5-8
The students learn to choose a subject who made a difference to society. It must be someone whom the student admires. The course then guides the student step by step to research, gather quotes and write a unique biography that brings out the student's ideas and voice. The skills are reinforced using a biographical mentor texts.
The Biography-Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook, as well as a narrated Mentor Texts to model the skills. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Recommended for Grades 5-8
This course includes step by step skill building to help students write a feature article. Students learn how to choose a nonfiction topic, ask research questions and find the answers. The students learn how to write an engaging introduction, organize their research into a main topic and subtopics and end with an interesting conclusion.
The Feature Article-Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook, as well as Mentor Texts to model the skills. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
PERSUASIVE BOOK REVIEW
Recommended for Grades 5-8
A persuasive book review is written on a book that the students have read. The students learn to choose a theme from the book and support their theme with examples and quotes from the book. The students learn how to organize their paragraphs and present their ideas.
The Persuasive Book Review-Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
PERSUASIVE LETTER - Level 2
Recommended for Grades 6-7
The students choose a complaint or change that they would like to request from a school, business or government agency. The students are taught how to present their request, support their request with persuasive reasons, present the counterargument and state a convincing reason why the reader would grant their request. The finished letter is actually mailed.
The Persuasive Letter-Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
PERSUASIVE LETTER- Level 3
Recommended for Grades 7-8
The students choose a complaint or a change they would like to request from a business or government agency. The students are taught how to present their request, support their request with facts and logic, present the counterargument and offer a solution to the counterargument. Students end with a persuasive letter that is ready to mail.
The Persuasive Letter-Teacher's Edition- offers guided instruction for each page of the workbook. It is in a downloadable PowerPoint format.
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