Skill Extenders

Use these comprehensive writing lessons to enhance instruction. Familiar, easy-to-use lesson formats help you present additional writing skills beyond the scope of the program.

Analyzing Visual Images (Advertising) Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Answering Essay Questions Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Argumentative Writing

Grades 1-2

Grades 3-5

Grades 6-8


Recognizing Changes in Word Meanings Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Using E-mail Conventions Grade 6
Grade 8

Using Informal Language Grade 3
Grade 4
Using Informal Language Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Using Parentheses, Brackets, and Ellipses Grade 6

Using Prepositional Phrases Grade 3
Grade 4

Words from Other Languages Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5

Writing a Comparative Essay Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Writing a Current Events Article Grade 4
Grade 5

Writing a Paragraph Grades 3-8

Writing a Series Book Report Grade 4
Grade 5

Writing an Emergency Plan Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5

Writing an Interpretive Essay Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

Writing Directions Grade 8