{"product_id":"ready-to-use-writing-proficiency-lessons-activities-8th-grade-level-9780787965860","title":"Ready-To-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons \u0026 Activities: 8th Grade Level","description":"This volume of \u003cb\u003eReady-to-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons \u0026amp; Activities\u003c\/b\u003e gives classroom teachers and language arts specialists a powerful and effective tool for addressing curriculum standards and competencies at the eighth-grade level and preparing their students for comprehensive assessment testing. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriting Proficiency Lessons \u0026amp; Activities\u003c\/b\u003e books are also available from Jossey-Bass at the fourth-grade level and the tenth-grade level.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluded are a variety of easy-to-use, reproducible activity sheets that provide application and review the basic language skills as well as extensive practice in producing the types of writing called for in standardized tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor easy use, the 240-plus student activity sheets are printed in a big 8-1\/2\" x 11\" format that lays flat for photocopying. The activities are organized into nine sections. Here is just a sample of the topics covered in Sections 1-5: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD\u003c\/b\u003e words often confused, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, adverbs vs. adjectives, sensory words, similes, metaphors, and double negatives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMAKING MECHANICS AND USAGE WORK FOR YOU\u003c\/b\u003e apostrophes, hyphens, end marks, commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, titles, and misplaced modifiers.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWRITING SENTENCES\u003c\/b\u003e subjects and predicates, subject-verb agreement, simple and compound sentences, complex sentences, sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and sentence types\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWRITING PARAGRAPHS\u003c\/b\u003e writing a topic sentence, writing a concluding sentence, developing the topic, using tense consistently, using transitional words, and staying on the topic\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eESSAY-WRITING TECHNIQUES\u003c\/b\u003e brainstorming, clustering, outlining, writing an introductory paragraph with a question or a surprising statement, developing the topic using examples, avoiding irrelevant details, writing a concluding paragraph, proofreading, and writing a five-paragraph essay.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol H. Behrman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.99h x 8.20w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780787965860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol H. Behrman\u003c\/b\u003e taught writing to students in grades 5-8 for fifteen years. She has written twenty-four books-- fiction and nonfiction-- for children and young adults and has conducted numerous workshops on the writing process for students, teachers, and aspiring writers. Ms. Behrman has served as writer-in-residence at Chautauqua Institution and has been an adjunct lecturer at Seton Hall University and at New York University's Writing Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43059542524019,"sku":"9.78079E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f3b3ab5c-c7cd-41d3-a623-d8d5216b7970.jpg?v=1747307981","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/ready-to-use-writing-proficiency-lessons-activities-8th-grade-level-9780787965860","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}