Pennsylvania Test Prep Writing Workbook Pssa Writing Grade 5

This workbook has just been updated ready for 2012-2013!

Help students develop the skills they need to succeed on the PSSA Reading test and the PSSA Writing test!

This writing workbook will help students develop their reading comprehension skills and their writing skills. These skills are essential for performing well on the PSSA Reading test and the PSSA Writing test.

This workbook includes three sections that provide full coverage of the key reading comprehension and writing skills that students need.

Reading and Writing Mini-tests

- Mini-tests provide practice answering short answer and essay questions

- Includes questions just like those on the PSSA Reading test

- Covers a wide range of passage types and question styles

- Hints are included with questions to help and guide students

Responding to Literature

- Guided writing tasks teach students how to answer essay questions based on passages

- Includes a planning process for students to follow

- Hints are included to guide students and help develop writing skills

- Guided writing tasks help ensure that student writing will score well on state tests

Guided Writing Tasks

- Guided writing tasks teach students how to approach writing tasks

- Includes writing tasks just like those on the PSSA Writing test

- Includes writing prompts for narrative, descriptive, and persuasive writing

- Gives students practice writing short stories, letters, essays, and more