Text-Based Writing

Text-based writing boosts students’ reading comprehension and writing skills through close examination of texts.

The writing activities in this book help students process information, think critically, and use content vocabulary to write about what they have learned.

Series includes:

• Student pages provide unit focus, organizational tools, nonfiction content, and skills practice
• Teacher Resource pages outline lesson objectives and provide instructional guidance

Lessons include:

• nonfiction articles with Unit Focus and Lesson Checklists promote learning
• text Dependant writing prompts and questions ensure reading comprehension
• writing formats include sequence, explanatory, opinion, cause and effect, argument, and compare and contrast
• Picture dictionaries help students learn Vocabulary in context and text dependent questions support understanding
• A graphic organizer to help students plan their writing
• Directed reading strategies help guide students through noting important information and prepare them for text-based writing on state tests

Revised and updated editions! These titles have been through an editorial review, and a portion of the texts have been edited or completely replaced to reflect current editorial standards and additional resources have been added.

144 reproducible pages Correlated to current standards.