TEXAS TEST PREP Writing Skills Workbook Guided Practice Grade 5: Full Coverage of the TEKS Writing Standards - Softcover

Hawas, T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1725183862 ISBN 13: 9781725183865

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Covers the 2018-2019 TEKS Standards!

This workbook is specifically designed to develop writing skills. Students will write in response to passages, as well as write stories, personal narratives, persuasive texts, and essays. Students will gain experience completing research projects and edit and revise their work. This workbook covers all the TEKS writing skills, and will also develop the advanced skills needed to perform well on the STAAR Reading and the STAAR Writing assessments.

Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice
- Ten convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development
- Each practice set contains two reading comprehension tasks where students write in response to passages
- Each practice set contains two writing tasks where students write a short story, personal narrative, persuasive text, or essay
- Guided writing tasks include hints, planning activities, and review checklists to guide students and encourage strong skill development
- Each set includes additional core skills exercises that focus on key writing skills

Key Benefits of this Workbook
- Flexible format allows practice sets to be completed to suit any schedule
- Provides extensive experience analyzing and responding to texts
- Gives students experience with all types of writing tasks
- Tips, planning, and review activities teach the key features expected of student writing
- Format allows for review after each set to provide feedback and promote improvement

Preparation for the STAAR Assessments
- develops the advanced reading comprehension skills needed to perform well on the STAAR Reading tests
- gives students ongoing practice analyzing and responding to texts
- develops the writing skills needed for the STAAR Writing tests taken in fourth grade
- provides practice completing personal narrative and expository writing tasks

Full Coverage of the TEKS Writing Standards
- Covers all the types of writing in the TEKS standards, including short stories, personal narratives, persuasive texts, and expository texts
- Includes exercises for additional writing skills, including completing research projects and gathering information from sources
- Passage-based questions give students experience writing responses to texts and develop TEKS reading skills

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1725183862
• ISBN 13: 9781725183865
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 139