Targeting Writing Skills Books

Targeting Writing Skills is a comprehensive program for teaching students the fundamentals of grammar and the basic structure of the three main types of texts: Informative, Imaginative and Persuasive. The books contain 32 units (4 per term) with a review after every 8 units. Two units per term explore each text type, with an annotated model text followed by an opportunity for students to create their own new text. During the writing process students learn to incorporate the required structure and parts of speech; to plan, draft and receive feedback on their text before writing a revised draft; and conduct a self-evaluation at the conclusion to determine how well they adhered to the structure and included appropriate parts of speech. The final unit in each term provides students with additional practice in writing, either an imaginative or persuasive text, by innovating on an existing text to change characters, setting or point of view.

• Year 3 - Ages 7-9
• Year 4 - Ages 8-10
• Year 5 - Ages 9-11
• Year 6 - Ages 10-12