Download or read book Excel Basic Skills Comprehension and Written Expression written by Alan Horsfield and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excel Comprehension and Written Expression Year 5 is essential for an y student wishing to improve their comprehension skills. It allows stude nts to practice skills such as finding facts, making references, isolati ng relevant information, understanding questions and paragraphs, and usi ng tables of contents, indexes, maps and graphs to find information. The extracts are from a wide variety of genres to allow students to gain co nfidence in reading different materials. In this book your child will find: over 60 graded units of stimulating exercises an d extracts a wide variety of questions including true or false, multiple choice, short answer and sentence completion extracts from many different literary and factual text types a lift-out answer section

Download or read book Comprehension and Written Expression Year 4 written by Alan Horsfield and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excel Comprehension and Written Expression Year 4 is essenti al for any student wishing to improve their comprehension skills. It all ows students to practice skills such as finding facts, making references, isolating relevant information, understanding questions and paragraphs, and using tables of contents, indexes, maps and graphs to find informa tion. The extracts are from a wide variety of genres to allow students t o gain confidence in reading different materials. When the studen t completes the exercises in this book, she/he will have worked through a number of question types from a variety of text types. Rather than giv e a range of question types based on each passage, the focus in this boo k will be on developing the student's skill with a particular question t ype. The book is structured so that if there is a weakness then the stud ent can concentrate on that particular weakness and become competent wit hout working through passages that may not contribute to the student's p rogress. In this book your child will find: over 60 graded units of stimulating exercises and extracts a wide varie ty of questions including true or false, multiple choice, short answer a nd sentence completion extracts from many different literary an d factual text types a lift-out answer section.

Download or read book Excel Basic Skills written by N. Colvin and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Comprehension and Written Expression Year 6 written by Alan Horsfield and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excel Comprehension and Written Expression Year 6 is essenti al for any student wishing to improve their comprehension skills. It all ows students to practice skills such as finding facts, making references, isolating relevant information, understanding questions and paragraphs, and using tables of contents, indexes, maps and graphs to find informa tion. The extracts are from a wide variety of genres to allow students t o gain confidence in reading different materials. Rather than giv e a range of question types based on each passage, the focus in this boo k will be on developing the student's skills with a particular question type. The book is structured so that if there is a weakness then the stu dent can concentrate on that particular weakness and become competent wi thout working through passages that may not contribute to the student's progress. In this book your child will find: over 60 graded units of stimulating exercises and extracts a wide vari ety of questions including true or false, multiple choice, short answer and sentence completion extracts from many different literary a nd factual text types a lift-out answer section

Download or read book Developing Your Comprehension Skills written by Kristine Brown and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excel Developing Your Comprehension Skills aims to help Year s 7-10 students become more confident and skilled readers. It provides a range of activities using interesting and contemporary texts to give st udents plenty of practise in reading and interpreting different kinds of texts. In Excel Developing Your Comprehension Skills Years 7-1 0 you will find: comprehensive, accessible information on r eading skills for Years 7-10 students two separate sections: Pa rt One covers the key reading skills, while Part Two enables students to practice these skills with different texts plenty of exercises and tasks to ensure understanding of each new idea a wide rang e of interesting sample texts to help students read and understand diffe rent kinds of writing a wide variety of topics to cover a range of reader interests youth issues, music, science, current affa irs, film, sport, the environment and the future a detailed ans wer section to help explain the answers Author: Kristine Brown

Download or read book Basic Reading Skills written by Peter Howard and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Excel Basic Reading Skills series will help your child read and understand short pieces of writing. Each set of questions will help children communicate their understanding and gain c onfidence in reading. In this book your child will find: Over sixty pages of reading exercises to help practise and dev elop reading and comprehension One-page activities with easy-to -follow questions A range of tasks covering different skills in reading Practice in understanding texts, predicting words, wor king with anagrams and sorting words into groups

Download or read book English and Mathematics written by Pascal Press and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year 4 Ages 9-10 years old. In Excel Basic Skil ls: English and Mathematics Year 4 your child will find: th irty carefully graded double-page units a wide variety of inter esting exercises four term reviews to test work covered each te rm marking grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answer section This book aims to build basic sk ills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoolwork by havi ng students practise key basic skills on a regular basis. This allows yo ur child to learn new concepts while revising program work. The series h as seven core books, one each for years 1 to 7. These are supported by t eaching books which can be used if the student needs help in a particula r area of study.

Download or read book English and Mathematics written by Tanya Dalgleish and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year 1 Ages 6-7 years old. In Excel English and Mathematics Year 1 your child will find: thirty carefully graded double-page units a wide variety of interesting exercise s four term reviews to test work covered each term mar king grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answ er section This book aims to build basic skills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoolwork by having students pra ctise key basic skills on a regular basis. This allows your child to lea rn new concepts while revising program work.

Download or read book Creative Writing written by Alan Horsfield and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students entering high school require effective writing skills and im aginative ability. Excel Basic Skills: Creative Writing Years 5-6 provides an accessible and enjoyable means of developing story writing ability. It covers the main features of story writing such as d eveloping ideas, creating a narrative and writing descriptions and dialo gue. There is plenty of practical advice on the craft of story writing a nd pointers for future development. In this book your child will find: self-contained units of work with scores of examples, writing tips, reading tasks and exercises techniques to help t hem improve their story writing - Sample answers to all questions sample answers to all questions easy-to-read format that mak es writing fun This book is a practical guide to writing f iction (narratives and stories). It presents the various skills required to write better fiction, showing you ways to make your writing more app ealing and more interesting. The different writing skills are introduced in turn, with some explanation or a quick revision of the practical kno wledge you will need to implement the skill. Where ever practical, extra cts from published stories have been included to show you 'How It Has Be en Done'.

Download or read book Comprehension and Written Expression Year 3 Ages 8 9 written by Alan Horsfield and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excel Comprehension andWritten Expression Year 3 is essentia l for any student wishing to improve their comprehension skills. It allo ws students to practice skills such as finding facts, making references, isolating relevant information, understanding questions and paragraphs, and using tables of contents, indexes, maps and graphs to find informat ion. This book uses a range of text types so that the student wil l feel confident in a variety of situations. Text types are usually brok en into two broad categories. These are: literary te xts: include narratives, poetry and scripts factual texts: incl ude explanations, expositions, information reports, recounts and procedu res In this book your child will find: over 6 0 graded units of stimulating exercises and extracts a wide var iety of questions including true or false, multiple choice, short answer and sentence completion extracts from many different literary and factual text types a lift-out answer section

Download or read book All You Need to Know about Grammar written by Kathi Wyldeck and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to introduce and explain all the main concepts of gram mar to students in Years 7-10. This home-study guide will h elp children, teenagers and young adults learn the art of traditional En glish grammar so that they can: write and speak better Engl ish think clearly and analytically learn another langu age more easily improve their communication skills for the job world In this book you will find: comprehensi ve information on all the main aspects of English grammar clear definitions and examples of each grammatical concept practice tasks to reinforce your understanding of each new idea vocabula ry, general knowledge and further reading resources a detailed answer section Author: Kathi Wyldock

Download or read book Excel Basic Skills Homework Book written by Tanya Dalgleish and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suited for children in Year 2, aged 7-8 years old, this book bu ilds basic skills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoo lwork by having students practise key basic skills on a regular basis. T his allows your child to learn new concepts while revising previous work . In Excel English and Mathematics your child will find: thirty carefully graded double-page units. Each unit has w ork on numbers, measurement, shapes in Maths and comprehension, grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary in English a wide variety of interesting exercises four term reviews to test work covere d each term marking grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answer section

Download or read book English Workbook written by Kristine Brown and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excel Basic Skills: English Workbook Year 5 will help you wi th the writing you do every day at school - in English and in other subj ects. Each chapter looks at a different type of writing. Some are imagin ative text types such as narratives and poems. Others are factual text t ypes such as reports and explanations. All the chapters begin with a sam ple text. Make sure you read the sample text carefully and look at the s pecial features marked on it. You should then try the activities that fo llow. These give you guidance and practice in writing a similar type of text. Some activities help you with grammar and punctuation. Others focu s on words - the way they are spelt and what they mean. Some activities are just for fun. Each chapter ends with activities that help you write a complete text yourself. The Excel series of English Wo rkbooks for Years 3- ...6 will help primary school students with t he reading and writing they do every day at school - % in English and i n other subjects. Each chapter is set out as a separate unit of work cov ering a different type of writing (etext type,,) and contains exercises that relate to that particular text type. In this book you will find: eleven chapters, each set out as a unit of work cover ing a particular text type (such as narratives, letters, speeches and in formation reports), including a chapter on writing for school projects exercises and activities in each chapter which are directly link ed to the text type covered practice in skills such as spelling, grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and comprehension interestin g and relevant sample texts, including many written by Year 5 students, with important features highlighted Answers to all questions at the back of the book

Download or read book Excel Essential Skills written by Kristine Brown and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn essay-writing skills for junior high school using this easy, fi ve-step process. This workbook takes students through the stages of prep aring and writing an essay, and includes plenty of handy tips, practice tasks and lively sample questions that will provide a sound basis for es say-writing in later school years and beyond. In Excel E ssay Writing Step-By-Step Years 7-10 you will find: an outl ine of five comprehensive steps to follow when planning and writing an e ssay background information and short tasks to help you with ea ch step practice essay questions with stimulus material on inte resting, contemporary topics sample essays a detailed answer section with ideas and guidelines for students' essay writing Author: Kristine Brown

Download or read book English Workbook written by Jane Baker and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you use Excel Basic Skills: English Workbook Year 4, yo u will be practising recognising and writing many of the text type you l earn at school. Several of the sample texts have been written by student s in Year 4 and are good examples of what a Year 4 student can achieve. The Excel series of English Workbooks for Years 3- ...6 w ill help primary school students with the reading and writing they do ev ery day at school -% in English and in other subjects. Each chapter is set out as a separate unit of work covering a different type of writing (etext type,,) and contains exercises that relate to that particular te xt type. In this book you will find: eleven chapters, each set out as a unit of work covering a particular text type (such a s narratives, letters, speeches and information reports), including a ch apter on writing for school projects exercises and activities i n each chapter which are directly linked to the text type covered practice in skills such as spelling, grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and comprehension interesting and relevant sample texts, inclu ding many written by Year 4 students, with important features highlighte d Answers to all questions at the back of the book

Download or read book Excel Basic Skills Homework Book written by Alan Horsfield and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After completing Excel Basic Skills: Reading and Comprehensi on Years 1-2 your child will have improved their reading and compr ehension skills, and will be prepared for more advanced work at primary school level. In this book your child will find: a s tep-by-step learning approach a review of basic reading and com prehension skills a wide variety of activities many di fferent text-types to read and analyse a lift-out answer sectio n Comprehension of text involves bringing meaning to writt en (and spoken) language. It is more than the reading of printed words. The meaning of words, their context in which they exist along with punct uation and writing style all contribute to the comprehension of a specif ic piece of text. By experiencing a range of text types the child is mor e able to find the meaning in a given text. This book uses a rang e of text types so that the student will feel confident in a variety of situations. Text types are usually broken into two broad types. Within e ach group are numerous varieties - some are listed below: l iterary texts which include narratives (novels/stories), poetry and dram a scripts factual texts which include explanations, expositions, information reports, recounts and procedures

Download or read book Excel Basic Skills Homework Book written by Gloria Harris and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: