Grade-level skillbooks have extensive practice activities that align with the content of The Essential Guide to Language, Writing, & Literature.
- Thematic lessons provide context for commonly-used vocabulary words.
- Multiple activities to help students internalize meanings.
- Spelling lessons are included only in the grades 6, 7, and 8 skillbooks.
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
Proud to be Canadian
