NEW YORK TEST PREP Writing Workbook New York Writing Grade 3: Aligned to the 2011-2012 English Language Arts (ELA) Test

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

Help students develop the skills they need to succeed on the New York English Language Arts 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 state 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 found on the reading, writing, and listening sections of the state 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

- Prepares students for the listening section and the reading and writing section of the state test

- Includes a planning process for students to follow

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

Guided Writing Tasks

- Guided writing tasks teach students how to approach writing tasks

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

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

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