MICHIGAN TEST PREP Writing Skills Workbook Guided Practice Grade 6: Preparation for the M-STEP English Language Arts Assessments

Preparation for the M-STEP English Language Arts Assessments for 2017-2018

This workbook provides extensive guided practice with a complete range of writing tasks, and will help prepare students for the reading and writing tasks on the M-STEP ELA tests. Students will write in response to passages, as well as write arguments, essays, and narratives.

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, argument, 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 M-STEP English Language Arts Assessments
- Helps students gain the skills and experience needed for the M-STEP ELA tests
- Provides extensive experience with constructed-response questions
- Students learn to understand, analyze, and respond to texts
- Prepares students for persuasive, informative, and narrative writing tasks
- Encourages students to write strong text-based essays
- Tips, planning, and review activities teach the key features expected of student writing

Full Coverage of the Michigan Academic Standards
- Covers all the types of writing in the state standards, including arguments, 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

Key Benefits of this Workbook
- Flexible format allows practice sets to be completed to suit any schedule
- Develops the writing skills that are needed to perform well on the state tests
- More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking
- Format allows for review after each set to provide feedback and promote improvement