NORTH CAROLINA TEST PREP Writing Skills Workbook Guided Practice Grade 4: Develops the Writing Skill

Covers the New Standard Course of Study 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 write narratives, opinion pieces, and essays. Students will also gain experience completing research projects and editing and revising their work. This workbook covers all the writing skills listed in North Carolina's English Language Arts standards.

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 short story, personal narrative, opinion piece, or essay
- 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

Key Benefits
- Flexible format allows practice sets to be completed to suit any schedule
- Develops all the writing skills that are described in the new state standards
- More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking
- Tips, planning, and review activities teach the key features expected of student writing
- Format allows for review after each set to provide feedback and promote improvement
- Provides extensive experience analyzing and responding to literary and informational passages
- Helps develops the strong reading comprehension skills needed for the End-of-Grade ELA/Reading tests