This workbook will give students extensive practice completing revising and editing tasks. Students will read full-length examples of student writing that contain errors. Each passage is followed by multiple choice questions that require students to improve the passage or to correct an error. These activities will improve writing, language, and vocabulary skills. Extensive Revising and Editing Practice - Provides practice revising to improve writing and editing to correct errors - Revising tasks cover focus, organization, sentence structure, transitions, word use, strong word choices, and more - Editing tasks cover grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling - Covers the skills listed in the writing and language sections of the 2017 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - 18 convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development - Each practice set contains a full-length example of student writing with errors and opportunities for improvement - Editing tasks require students to identify and correct errors in grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling - Revising tasks require students to improve the passage by adding sentences, combining sentences, rewriting sentences, choosing stronger words, adding or replacing transition words or phrases, and more - Format allows for review and feedback after each set - Helps develop the writing skills required for the MCAS ELA tests Key Benefits - Provides extensive experience completing revising and editing tasks - Identifying errors in context improves language and vocabulary skills - Develops and improves writing skills - Helps ensure student writing follows standard writing conventions - Improves performance on the writing tasks on the MCAS ELA tests

This workbook will give students extensive practice completing revising and editing tasks. Students will read full-length examples of student writing that contain errors. Each passage is followed by multiple choice questions that require students to improve the passage or to correct an error. These activities will improve writing, language, and vocabulary skills. Extensive Revising and Editing Practice - Provides practice revising to improve writing and editing to correct errors - Revising tasks cover focus, organization, sentence structure, transitions, word use, strong word choices, and more - Editing tasks cover grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling - Covers the skills listed in the writing and language sections of the 2017 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - 18 convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development - Each practice set contains a full-length example of student writing with errors and opportunities for improvement - Editing tasks require students to identify and correct errors in grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling - Revising tasks require students to improve the passage by adding sentences, combining sentences, rewriting sentences, choosing stronger words, adding or replacing transition words or phrases, and more - Format allows for review and feedback after each set - Helps develop the writing skills required for the MCAS ELA tests Key Benefits - Provides extensive experience completing revising and editing tasks - Identifying errors in context improves language and vocabulary skills - Develops and improves writing skills - Helps ensure student writing follows standard writing conventions - Improves performance on the writing tasks on the MCAS ELA tests

This book includes revising and editing exercises that require students to apply language skills, as well as quizzes that focus on the language skills that students in Massachusetts are expected to have. This book has been specifically created to match the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, which are a set of skills based on the Common Core State Standards. It provides full coverage of the standards, and will develop all the language skills that students need. Key Benefits - Develops the language skills described in the Common Core standards - Individual quizzes allow students to focus specifically on each language skill - Covers all areas including phonics, word analysis, grammar, writing conventions, and vocabulary - Editing and revising tasks give students the opportunity to apply language skills - Provides a strong foundation for the vocabulary and reading comprehension skills assessed on the state tests About the Common Core State Standards Student learning in Massachusetts is based on a set of standards known as the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. These standards describe what students are expected to know. The skills listed in the frameworks are based on the Common Core State Standards. They incorporate all the Common Core standards, as well as one or two additional skills. The English Language Arts standards are divided into the following areas: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. This book focuses specifically on developing and applying the Language standards. However, this also overlaps with all other areas, as language skills are essential for effective reading comprehension, speaking, listening, and writing.

This book includes revising and editing exercises that require students to apply language skills, as well as quizzes that focus on the language skills that students in Massachusetts are expected to have. This book has been specifically created to match the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, which are a set of skills based on the Common Core State Standards. It provides full coverage of the standards, and will develop all the language skills that students need. Key Benefits - Develops the language skills described in the Common Core standards - Individual quizzes allow students to focus specifically on each language skill - Covers all areas including phonics, word analysis, grammar, writing conventions, and vocabulary - Editing and revising tasks give students the opportunity to apply language skills - Provides a strong foundation for the vocabulary and reading comprehension skills assessed on the state tests About the Common Core State Standards Student learning in Massachusetts is based on a set of standards known as the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. These standards describe what students are expected to know. The skills listed in the frameworks are based on the Common Core State Standards. They incorporate all the Common Core standards, as well as one or two additional skills. The English Language Arts standards are divided into the following areas: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. This book focuses specifically on developing and applying the Language standards. However, this also overlaps with all other areas, as language skills are essential for effective reading comprehension, speaking, listening, and writing.

This book includes revising and editing exercises that require students to apply language skills, as well as quizzes that focus on the language skills that students in Massachusetts are expected to have. This book has been specifically created to match the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, which are a set of skills based on the Common Core State Standards. It provides full coverage of the standards, and will develop all the language skills that students need. Key Benefits - Develops the language skills described in the Common Core standards - Individual quizzes allow students to focus specifically on each language skill - Covers all areas including phonics, word analysis, grammar, writing conventions, and vocabulary - Editing and revising tasks give students the opportunity to apply language skills - Provides a strong foundation for the vocabulary and reading comprehension skills assessed on the state tests About the Common Core State Standards Student learning in Massachusetts is based on a set of standards known as the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. These standards describe what students are expected to know. The skills listed in the frameworks are based on the Common Core State Standards. They incorporate all the Common Core standards, as well as one or two additional skills. The English Language Arts standards are divided into the following areas: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. This book focuses specifically on developing and applying the Language standards. However, this also overlaps with all other areas, as language skills are essential for effective reading comprehension, speaking, listening, and writing.

Matches the 2016-2017 Standards and the Next-Generation MCAS Tests! This workbook provides extensive guided practice with a complete range of writing tasks, and will prepare students for the more rigorous reading and writing tasks on the new Next-Gen MCAS English Language Arts tests. The workbook covers all the writing skills that students need. Students will write in response to passages, as well as write narratives, opinion pieces, and essays. Students will also gain experience completing research projects and editing and revising their work. Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - Ten convenient practice sets allow for ongoing skill development - Each practice set contains two reading comprehension tasks where students write in response to passages - Each practice set contains two writing tasks where students write a short story, personal narrative, opinion piece, or essay - Guided writing tasks include hints, planning activities, and review checklists to guide students and encourage strong skill development - Each set includes additional core skills exercises that focus on key writing skills Preparation for the Next-Generation MCAS Tests - Helps students gain the skills and experience needed for the Next-Gen MCAS tests - Prepares students for narrative writing tasks - Includes practice writing text-based essays - Guided tasks teach students how to write effective essays and narratives - Provides extensive experience writing in response to passages - Builds higher-order thinking skills such as analyzing and evaluating texts - Develops the strong reading comprehension skills needed for the new assessments Full Coverage of the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework - Covers all the types of writing in the state standards, including opinion pieces, informative/explanatory texts, and narratives - Includes exercises for additional writing skills, including completing research projects and gathering information from sources - Provides extensive practice writing in response to literary and informational texts

This book has been specifically created to match the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, which are a set of skills based on the Common Core State Standards. It provides full coverage of the standards, and will develop all the language skills that students need. This book includes revising and editing exercises that require students to apply language skills, as well as quizzes that focus on the language skills that students in Massachusetts are expected to have. Key Benefits - Develops the language skills described in the Common Core standards - Individual quizzes allow students to focus specifically on each language skill - Covers all areas including phonics, word analysis, grammar, writing conventions, and vocabulary - Editing and revising tasks give students the opportunity to apply language skills - Provides a strong foundation for the vocabulary and reading comprehension skills assessed on the state tests About the Common Core State Standards Student learning in Massachusetts is based on a set of standards known as the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. These standards describe what students are expected to know. The skills listed in the frameworks are based on the Common Core State Standards. They incorporate all the Common Core standards, as well as one or two additional skills. The English Language Arts standards are divided into the following areas: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. This book focuses specifically on developing and applying the Language standards. However, this also overlaps with all other areas, as language skills are essential for effective reading comprehension, speaking, listening, and writing.