VIRGINIA TEST PREP Writing Skills Workbook SOL Writing Practice Grade 7: Develops SOL Writing, Research, and Reading Skills

Covers the New Standards of Learning Introduced in 2017!

This workbook provides extensive guided practice with a complete range of writing tasks. Students will write in response to passages, as well as produce narrative, descriptive, opinion, and expository writing.

This workbook will develop the writing skills that students need, while helping to prepare students for the SOL Writing tests and the SOL Reading tests.

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 narrative, descriptive, opinion, or expository text
- 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 skills

Full Coverage of the New Standards of Learning
- Covers all the types of writing in the state standards
- Includes exercises for additional writing skills, including completing research projects and gathering information from sources
- Provides extensive practice writing in response to fictional and nonfiction texts

Preparation for the SOL Writing and SOL Reading tests
- Helps students gain the skills and experience needed for the tests
- Provides practice with narrative and expository writing prompts like those found on the tests
- Tips, planning, and review activities teach the key features expected of student writing
- Develops the strong reading skills needed for the SOL Reading test
- Rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and advanced thinking