Scholastic Success with Writing Grade 5 Workbook

by Scholastic Teaching Resources

Overview

High-interest topics and engaging exercises designed to stimulate and encourage children as they develop the necessary skills to become independent writers. Includes strategies with grade-appropriate skills that can be used in daily writing assignments such as journals, stories, and letters!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338798753
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.38(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)
Age Range:	10 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Key Skills 4

Body Facts (Write sentences) 5

Clearly Interesting (Expand sentences) 6

Sentence Sense (Make meaning clearer) 7

Get to the Point (Eliminate unnecessary words in sentences) 8

Lots of Words (Fix run-on sentences) 9

A Capital Adventure (Understand when to use capitals) 10

And the Winner Is … (Use commas in sentences) 11

Listen to the Music (Combine subjects, objects, and predicates) 12

That's Deep! (Combine sentences using appositives) 13

Rise and Shine (Use subordinate conjunctions to combine sentences) 14

Time to Experiment (Make compound sentences) 15

Solve the Problem (Combine details from several sentences) 16

Powerful Paragraphs (Identify parts of a paragraph) 17

Grab Some Attention (Write topic sentences) 18

The Mighty End (Write strong endings) 19

In the Know (Write supporting details for topic sentences) 20

A Scrumptious Topic (More about topic and supporting sentences) 22

Read Carefully (Proofread) 24

Working Together (Write from an illustration) 25

Make It Exact (Choose exact words) 26

It's All Business! (Write a business letter) 27

The Power of Persuasion (Use facts and opinions to persuade) 28

Step by Step (Use time order in paragraphs) 29

Finding the Way (Write directions) 30

Definitely Dynamic (Write a definition paragraph) 31

Read and Review (Write a book review) 32

A Great Way to Organize (Use an outline to organize information) 33

Getting Organized (Organize facts and details into paragraphs) 34

The Narrator (Write from different points of view) 36

Make a Plan (Plan a story) 38

Time to Talk (Punctuate dialogue) 39

The Tone of Talk (Use words other than said) 40

Grab Some Interest (Expand paragraphs) 42

Figuratively Speaking (Use metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole) 43

Writing Wonderful Words (Use alliteration and assonance) 44

Crack! Splat! (Use onomatopoeia) 45

Answer Key 46