Evan-Moor Text Based Writing, Grade 5

Evan-Moor Text Based Writing, Grade 5 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781613689981.

Ideal for preparing your fifth-grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards, this series provides scaffolded text-based writing practice with essential writing forms, such as: -Argument -Cause and effect -Compare and contrast -Explanatory -Opinion -Sequence The 12 units provide activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: -a dictionary page that introduces content words -close reading of a leveled nonfiction article -text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding -a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing -a text-dependent writing prompt -a writing evaluation that guides students in evaluating their essay Teachers will appreciate these additional resources and features! -Downloadable home school connection activities and projects help teachers encourage learning at home. -Common Core State Standards correlations are located on each unit for easy reference. -The reading level is provided to help identify appropriate texts. -The suggested learning path helps teachers pace the lesson, and makes scaffolding easy! The fifth grade content-area topics fall under these categories: -Biographies -Health articles -How-to articles -Science articles -Social studies articles Better Together! Nonfiction Writing and Text-Based Writing: Nonfiction Nonfiction Writing introduces students to the elements of expository, narrative, and persuasive writing, while Text-Based Writing asks students to practice these nonfiction writing forms in text-dependent paragraphs and essays.