This workbook will give students extensive practice completing revising and editing tasks. Students will read full-length examples of student writing that contain errors. Each passage is followed by multiple choice questions that require students to improve the passage or to correct an error. These activities will improve writing, language, and vocabulary skills.
Extensive Revising and Editing Practice - Provides practice revising to improve writing and editing to correct errors
- Revising tasks cover focus, organization, sentence structure, transitions, word use, strong word choices, and more
- Editing tasks cover grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
- Covers the skills listed in the writing and language sections of the 2017 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - 18 convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development
- Each practice set contains a full-length example of student writing with errors and opportunities for improvement
- Editing tasks require students to identify and correct errors in grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
- Revising tasks require students to improve the passage by adding sentences, combining sentences, rewriting sentences, choosing stronger words, adding or replacing transition words or phrases, and more
- Format allows for review and feedback after each set
- Helps develop the writing skills required for the MCAS ELA tests
Key Benefits - Provides extensive experience completing revising and editing tasks
- Identifying errors in context improves language and vocabulary skills
- Develops and improves writing skills
- Helps ensure student writing follows standard writing conventions
- Improves performance on the writing tasks on the MCAS ELA tests
