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Practice Makes Perfect Exploring Writing (Practice Makes Perfect Series): Grades 4-6 - Softcover

Book 13 of 67: Practice Makes Perfect

Muschla, Gary

 
9780071747158: Practice Makes Perfect Exploring Writing (Practice Makes Perfect Series): Grades 4-6
Softcover
ISBN 10: 007174715X ISBN 13: 9780071747158
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Synopsis

Helpful instruction and plenty of practice for your child to understand the basics of writing

Understanding writing is essential for your child to write with competence and clarity. Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Writing gives your child bite-sized explanations of this essential skill, with engaging exercises that keep her or him motivated and excited to learn. They can practice the writing skills that are challenging, polish skills they’ve mastered, and stretch themselves to explore skills they have not yet attempted. This title features 170 activities (plus answer key) that increase in difficulty as your child proceeds through the book.

This book is appropriate for a 4th grade student working above his or her grade level, or as a great review and practice for a struggling 5th or 6th grader.

Your student will learn how to:

  • Find and develop ideas for topics
  • Create first drafts
  • Develop sentences and use correct subject-verb agreement
  • Revise and proofread her or his own work

Topics include: Finding and Developing Ideas for Writing, Discovering Ideas, The Value of Keeping a Journal, Focusing Ideas, Developing Ideas, Organizing Ideas, Writing the Draft Sentences: The Foundation of the Draft, Building Paragraphs Using Adjectives and Adverbs, Wisely Order and Sequence, Using Strong Verbs Point of View, Revision, What Is Revision?, Plan for Revision, Revision Peer Consultants, Proofreading, Proofreading Strategies, Proofreading and Computer Screens, The Value of Proofreading Partners

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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
007174715X
ISBN 13 
9780071747158
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240