This volume of Ready-to-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons &
Activities gives classroom teachers and language arts specialists a
powerful and effective tool for addressing the curriculum standards
and competencies at the fourth-grade level. Writing Proficiency
Lessons & Activities are also available from the publisher at
the Eighth Grade Level and the Tenth Grade Level.
Included are a variety of easy-to-use, reproducible activity
sheets at the Fourth Grade Level are printed in a big 8-1/4" x 11"
spiral-bound format that folds flat for photocopying. The
activities are organized into 10 sections. Following is just a
sample of the activities youll find in Sections 1-5:
CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD: synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, action
verbs, main verbs and helping verbs, adjectives, words often
confused, sensory words, similes, and metaphors
MAKING MECHANICS AND USAGE WORK FOR YOU: capitalization,
abbreviations, compound words, prefixes, suffixes, end marks,
commas, punctuation of titles, irregular plurals, and spelling
WRITING SENTENCES: subjects and predicates, simple and compound
sentences, complex sentences, combining sentences, sentence
fragments, run-on sentences, and sentence types
WRITING PARAGRAPHS: writing a topic sentence, writing a
concluding sentence, developing the topic, using tense
consistently, using transitional words, and staying on the
topic
ESSAY-WRITING TECHNIQUES: brainstorming, clustering, outlining;
stating the topic; writing an introductory paragraphs with a
question, with a surprising statement, or with an anecdote;
developing the topic by using examples; avoiding unrelated details;
writing a concluding paragraph
The activities in Section 6-10take the students through the
steps in the writing process to develop from eight to ten writing
samples on various age-appropriate topics in each of the following
genres required on state tests:
- WRITING INFORMATIVE ESSAYS
- WRITING PERSUASIVE ESSAYS
- WRITING NARRATIVE/DESCRIPTIVE ESSAYS
- WRITING LETTERS
- WRITING STORIES
Each section is followed by sample test items focusing on the
concepts and skills covered in the section plus answer keys and
scoring guides with student writing samples. These practice tests
will help students prepare for the types of questions they will be
asked on the actual test.
All three grade level volumes a Fourth Grade, Eight Grade, and
Tenth Grade a provide a wealth of useful and practical lessons to
help students master the basic language skills and prepare to
demonstrate their knowledge of effective writing at a particular
level.
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