Scholastic Study Smart Level 6: Writing Skills Builder (Ages 11-12)

Description

Scholastic Study Smart workbooks are high quality education resources based on materials developed by teaching professionals for teaching professionals. Each workbook is filled with age-appropriate and pedagogically sound activities that support children on the road of learning and mastery.

Key Features

• Pedagogically sound and age-appropriate activities
• Review pages reinforce learning and assess understanding
• Notes containing additional activities extend learning
• Workbooks are developed according to a learning grid making it easy to choose the right workbook for learners

Writing Skills Builder workbooks provide practice in essential writing strategies. Children practise these writing strategies in a systematic way and through meaningful writing activities to improve their writing fluency.

Table of Contents

1. Using Commas in Sentences
2. Punctuating Dialogue
3. Fixing Run-on Sentences
4. Writing Sentences
5. Writing Questions for Interviews
6. Making Meaning Clearer
7. Varying Sentence Length
8. Adding Variety in Sentences
9. Expanding Sentences
10. Combining Sentences with Conjunctions
11. Combining Subjects, Objects and Predicates
12. Combining Sentences Using Appositives
13. Combining Sentences to Make Compound Sentences
14. Combining Details from Several Sentences
15. Using Figurative Language: Similes
16. Using Figurative Language: Metaphors
17. Using Figurative Language: Alliteration
18. Using Figurative Language: Hyperboles
19. Using Metaphors, Similes, Personification and Hyperboles
20. Using Figurative Language: Idioms
21. Writing Specific Details
22. Using Pronouns in Writing
23. Writing to Set the Tone
24. Eliminating Unnecessary Words in Sentences
25. Choosing Exact Words
26. Mini Writing Project 1
    1. Identifying Parts of a Paragraph
    2. Completing a Sequenced Paragraph
    3. Using an Outline to Organize Information
    4. Organizing Facts and Details into Paragraphs
    5. Using Time Order in Paragraphs
    6. Writing Supporting Sentences
    7. Writing Facts and Opinions
    8. Writing Introductions: Using Questions
    9. Writing Introductions: Using Descriptive Vocabulary
    10. Writing Introductions: Using Dialogue
    11. Writing Introductions: Restating the Prompt
    12. Writing Conclusions
    13. Writing a Descriptive Paragraphs
    14. Writing Topic Sentences
    15. Writing Strong Endings
    16. Writing Supportive Details for Topic Sentences
    17. Learning More About Topic and Supporting Sentences
    18. Writing from different Point of View
    19. Writing a Comparison Paragraph
    20. Writing a Persuasive Paragraph
    21. Using Facts and Opinions to Persuade
    22. Writing Cause and Effect Sentences
    23. Writing a Cause and Effect Paragraph
    24. Planning an Expository Paragraph
    25. Writing an Expository Paragraph
    26. Writing Elaboration Paragraphs
    27. Planning a New Story
    28. Writing a News Story
    29. Writing from Illustrations
    30. Writing Directions
    31. Writing Instructions
    32. Planning and Writing a Book Review
    33. Planning a Story
    34. Proofreading
    35. Proofreading a Text
27. Mini Writing Project 2
    1. Writing Tips
    2. Answers

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