Power Basics Introduction to Composition

Help students write better, right now!

This text provides on-level content at a controlled reading level and is organized into manageable instructional units that build proficiency and mastery.

Features:

• Increases writing proficiency by explaining sentence structure
• Presents different writing styles for students to model
• Offers organizational strategies to develop solid, coherent essays
• Gives students the confidence to compose a complete essay

Table of Contents: What Is a Sentence?, Types of Sentences, Problems with Sentence Structure, The Parts of a Paragraph, Topic Sentences, Supporting Sentences, The Concluding Sentence, Types of Paragraphs,  Editing Paragraphs, The Parts of an Essay, The Introductory Paragraph, Supporting Paragraphs: Relevance, Supporting Paragraphs: Organization and Coherence, The Concluding Paragraph, Generating Ideas, Outlines, Writing the First Draft, How to Edit, and Proofreaders Marks.

Power Basics reviews and reinforces fundamental language arts skills and strategies in vocabulary acquisition; reading comprehension and retention; grammar and usage; and writing sentences, paragraphs and essays. The compact (6½" x 8½"), lightweight, softcover textbooks provide a unique and student-friendly design.

The student textbooks focus on one concept at a time, illustrate concepts with concrete models and examples, and provide ample practice to achieve proficiency and mastery. The activities reinforce complex sentence structure; analytical reading skills; writing and editing; sentences, and paragraphs.

Power Basics skills charts provide teachers an overview of the skills introduced and applied in each lesson. This at-a glance reference highlights important skills students need to achieve. The contents of this series adheres to the NCTE standards.

The Test pack includes reproducible tests for each chapter of the student textbook.

Each Classroom Set Includes: 10 student textbooks, 1 teacher' s guide, 10 student workbooks with answer key and 1 test pack.

This program is ideal for:

• Special Education / Special Needs
• Struggling Learners
• Students-at-Risk
• Learning Disabled
• Remedial Education
• Differentiated Education