Grade-level skillbooks have extensive practice activities that align with the content of The Essential Guide to Language, Writing, & Literature. Skills activities provide practice for the language chapters in the handbook.
Students can reference grammar and usage rules, composition guidelines and models, and literary information all in one place! This is a handbook that students can use for middle school, high school and beyond.
Features and Benefits
- one easy-to-read source for grammar and writing
- straightforward format for accessing information
- one handbook for grades 6 to 8 (middle school) and one for grades 9–12 (high school)
- comprehensive coverage of grammar and writing
- an extensive literature section with literary terms, milestones, genres, and tips for literary analysis
- 6 Trait writing and process writing are applied throughout the writing section
- skillbooks for each grade level for practicing language, vocabulary, and test-taking skills
- updates include writing in a web-based world, cyberbullying, and the latest citation styles aligned with MLA, 7th edition, and CMS, 16th edition
Teacher Guides
- student-friendly warm-up activities
- detailed notes for teaching each lesson
- direction for classroom-wide guided instruction
- strategies for differentiating instruction based on ability and learning style
- collaborative learning activities
- suggestions for integrating technology
- activities for English Language Learners
- grammar pretest and posttest for diagnosis
- workplace applications
Assessment Resources
- reproducible pretests and posttests
- chapter tests
- end-of-course tests
- rubrics
- student models
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