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Writing Instructional Worktexts Introduces, reinforces, and reviews essential writing skills

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Completely customized to the TEKS, Measuring Up® Writing gives you step-by-step lessons based on our proven best-practice model of instruction: 1) Focus on TEKS, 2) Guided Instruction, 3) Apply the TEKS, and 4) TAKS Practice. Use the lessons prescribed in each students' Personal Prescriptive Path (P3) report to provide targeted, differentiated instruction as needed.

1. Focus on TEKS
   Introduces the lesson content, taps prior skill knowledge, and lists the TEKS for the lesson
2. Guided Instruction
   Helps students analyze a model selection for specific elements of writing along and includes Guided Questions that focus a student's learning.
3. Apply the TEKS
   Students practice applying TEKS knowledge to writing activities
4. TAKS Practice
   Wraps up each lesson with questions that mimic the TAKS format

Building Stamina™ sections

Includes questions that tap higher-order thinking skills to foster success on the TAKS

• Provides short, effective models of good writing
• Builds test-taking confidence with assessments that mimic the TAKS
• Includes simple rubrics to help teachers and students assess writing quickly

Available separately:

Writing Prompts booklet prepares students for the TAKS Writing Test. An optional separate Writing Prompts booklet gives students 15 typical writing prompts with which to practice writing for the TAKS. For each prompt, there is a prewriting page for planning and a lined page for the final draft.

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Table of Contents --Choose Level/Grade-- Grade 4, Writing Grade 7, Writing

Correlation Charts --Choose Level/Grade-- Grade 4, Writing Grade 7, Writing

Sample Lessons --Choose Level/Grade-- Grade 4, Writing Grade 7, Writing