Beginning with a brief introduction to the topic and an example to complete the activity, students receive leveled language practice for the rules and examples from the Proofreader’s Guide in the Handbook. Although the program uses the same Write Ahead Handbook across Grades 9-10, activities are varied with more challenging exercises in Grade 10. Extensive practice in combining sentences, correcting sentence errors (run-ons, comma splices, fragments) and using the parts of speech are included.
The Write Ahead SkillsBook (Grade 9) is filled with language activities that help your students improve the correctness of their writing. These lessons complement the writing units in the Write Ahead student handbook, allowing your students to learn grammar skills and apply them immediately in their revising and editing. You'll find 134 pages devoted to practice activities covering these conventions of language:
Make sure to order a Write Ahead SkillsBook Teacher's Edition (Grade 9) so that you will have all the answers.
Each SkillsBook activity includes a brief introduction to the topic and examples showing how to complete the activity. Cross-references to the "Proofreader's Guide" in Write Ahead help your students find more rules and examples to improve their use of language conventions. Your students will also get extensive practice in combining sentences, correcting sentence errors (run-ons, comma splices, fragments, and so on), and using the parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, and so on).
Write Ahead equips high school freshmen and sophomores to improve their writing, reading, and test-taking skills. The Student Handbook covers all the 9th and 10th grade Common Core English/Language Arts standards for writing, reading, speaking and listening, language, and literacy. Available from the publisher at no cost is the Digital Teacher Guide, which provides a weekly schedule, activity worksheets and handouts, guidelines for writing assessments, and more. The Write Ahead Student Handbook provides lessons for grades 9 and 10, and, where appropriate, two levels of assignments are given: intermediate (grade 9) and advanced (grade 10).
The optional, consumable Write Ahead SkillsBooks teach punctuation, grammar, mechanics, usage, and spelling for Grade 9 and Grade 10. Teacher Guides (answers only) are sold separately. We also offer convenient packages for Grade 9 and Grade 10 that include the Write Ahead Student Handbook, the corresponding grade-level SkillsBook, and SkillsBook Teacher Guide with answers.
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