Advanced Writing Wkbk Yr 3

Excel Writing Skills provides activities and exercises desig ned to improve the quality of students,, written expression. The exercis es are based on ten common text types in which specific grammar, punctua tion and language skills are used. This book should develop students,, w riting skills for all school subjects. In this book your child wi ll find: exercises based around ten common text types a wide variety of interesting activities fun visual exercis es to stimulate the imagination revision sections throughout fo r constant reinforcement a lift-out answer section The Excel Basic Skills: Writing Skills book is designed to he lp Years 3-4 students develop and increase their creative writing skills . It is a clear and practical guide to writing well-structured, grammati cally correct English. The book is divided into units based on various n arrative and non-fiction text types. Each unit provides a model text, th en a variety of practical exercises that cover the important grammar, vo cabulary and punctuation points to be learned when writing for that spec ific text type. Answers are provided in a convenient lift-out section in the centre. Contents: Narrative - ... Strike me Pin k! Recount -... Diary Entry Information Report - ... Th e Bilby Review Recount - ... History of Cats in Austra lia Exposition - ... Should Pet Cats Wear Bells? Proce dure - How to Make a Paper Folding Cat Preview Explana tion - ... Red Crabs of Christmas Island Description - ... the Sydney Opera House Review Biography - William Charles Wentworth Information Report - ... The Blue Mountains Review Answers

This book is part of the Excel Advanced Skills series, which provides students with more challenging extension work in writing. The Excel Advanced Skills series of Writing Workbooks for Years 16 will help primary school students improve their writing in English and other subjects. Each unit focuses on a different type of text by looking at its particular features and how to apply them. All activities are designed to encourage students to think about and enjoy writing, and to give them meaningful practice in improving their own writing.

Books in the Start Up Maths series: 5 Pages: 152 pp. Specification: Softcove r, perfect bound, 275 mm x 201 mm Category: Work book Publication Date: May 2007 In this b ook your child will find: 170 units of work to complete 38 review tests for revision over 2000 exercises to pract ise a Start Up section for extra help with understanding questi ons comprehensive coverage of the year's work

Excel Basic Skills: English Workbooks Year 3 will help prima ry school students with the reading and writing they do every day at sch ool in English and in other subjects. Each chapter is set out as a separ ate unit of work covering a different type of writing (etext type,,) an d contains exercises that relate to that particular text type. Wh en you work in this book you will be practising writing many of the text s you learn at school. Most of the sample texts have been written by stu dents in Year 3. Work through the chapters from 1 to 11 in order. By doi ng this you will build on skills and understanding from one chapter to t he next. By the end of the book you will have a good understanding of Ye ar 3 English. In this book you will find: eleven cha pters, each set out as a unit of work covering a particular text type (s uch as narratives, letters, speeches and information reports), including a chapter on writing for school projects exercises and activit ies in each chapter which are directly linked to the text type covered practice in skills such as spelling, grammar, vocabulary, punctu ation and comprehension interesting and relevant sample texts, including many written by Year 3 students, with important features highl ighted answers to all questions at the back of the book

Teacher Resource Book

These all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.