Evan-Moor Text Based Writing, Grade 5 Paperback – Teacher's Edition, January 1, 2014

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-SequenceThe 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 essayTeachers 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 articlesBetter Together! Nonfiction Writing and Text-Based Writing: NonfictionNonfiction 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. Read more