Lessons focus on the following skills: Plot Development, Setting, Character Development, Developing Dialogue, Sentence Combining and Expanding, Using Strong Verbs and Precise Nouns, Transitional Words and Phrases, Using Figurative Language, Point of View, and more!
Writing with a Purpose <show description>
The first part of each book comprises 14 skill-building lessons that focus on a particular type of writing and provides opportunities for to practice those skills. The lessons review important composition skills and provide opportunities for youngsters to practice those skills. Also included are a Writer’s Checklist and an Editorial Symbols sheet.
The second part of each book comprises 20 writing lessons. Each 2-page lesson is divided into 3 steps: Pre-Writing, Composing, and Revising. There is also a For-More-Fun activity for each lesson to encourage students to think creatively and to share their writings with their classmates and others. A list of additional topics for the particular type of writing is also provided.