Core Skills PLUS
Uncertain which Applied Practice guide is right for your classroom? With Core Skills PLUS, you do not have to choose.
Core Skills PLUS is designed for both the regular and advanced classrooms. As your students read the literary works covered in your curriculum, they will have the opportunity to practice and develop the skills necessary for critical reading and fluent writing, progressing from basic to advanced.
Each Core Skills PLUS guide includes:
- Core Skills Reading and Writing Practices to aid in proficiency with essential skills
- 6 sets of MC and open-ended reading questions, each set covering a passage from the literary work
- Additional questions over a "reading for information" piece, a visual representation, a Cloze reading passage, or an expository essay
- 4 writing practices thematically related to the literary work. Skills include literary analysis and persuasive writing
- 7 essay prompts based on the literary work. Skills include literary analysis and persuasive writing.
- ACT* Practices to help prepare students for the ACT college entrance exam
- A vocabulary list for the chapter(s) covered
- 2 English Assessment Practices (approx 17 questions) covering style, punctuation, word usage, and expressions
- 1 Reading Assessment practice with 7-8 MC questions over a passage from the literary work
- 1 essay prompt
- SAT* Practices to help prepare students for the SAT college entrance exam
- 10 MC vocabulary/sentence completion questions
- 10 MC identifying sentence errors questions
- 6 MC improving sentences questions
- 4 MC improving paragraph questions
- 1 essay prompt
- Pre-AP*/AP* Practice to challenge students with advanced literary skills
- 8-9 MC questions over a passage from the literary work
- 1 free-response question
- Detailed Answer Explanations to assist in class discussion and review
- Correlations to the Common Core State Standards for all multiple-choice questions