BJU Press Grade 9 Writing and Grammar

Want to see your fast-growing teens become intentional and effective communicators? This open-and-go curriculum weaves straightforward lessons on grammar and mechanics into thought-provoking writing assignments ranging from persuasive essays and opinion pieces to memoirs, film scripts, and research papers. Cultivate top-notch writing skills they'll use in high school, college, and beyond! Includes teacher's guide, student worktext, assessments, and answer key.

BJU Press’ Grade 9 Writing & Grammar 4^th Edition combines systematic grammar instruction and writing practice so students can connect the grammar skills they learn to the essays that they are creating. The Student Worktext lessons begin with skill practice and review and end with writing assignments that use the chapter’s featured grammar concept. Within the chapters are special sections that give students opportunities to apply grammar and editing skills and writing strategies to real-world writing assignments in a variety of genres; mentor and model texts so students can analyze effective writing selections; oral, visual, and collaborative presentations; and Study Hacks strategies. Writing projects include Description (brochure, poem, compare/contrast presentation, creative writing), Exposition (essay answer, historical research essay, informative article, research paper), Narration (oral history, memoir, film script, narrative essay), Persuasion (opinion piece, book review, persuasive essay), and Personal Communication (business letter, business email, personal letter).The Teacher Edition is sold separately. 640 pages, softcover. Grade 9.

BJU Press’ Grade 9 Writing & Grammar 4^th Edition combines systematic grammar instruction and writing practice so students can connect the grammar skills they learn to the essays that they are creating. The 2-volume Teacher Edition provides reduced student pages with answers for the Student Worktext overlaid, lesson plan overviews, teaching resources, discussion notes, examples for guided practice, rubrics, graphic organizers, notes and instructions for evaluation mentor texts and helping students through grammar sections and writing projects, suggestions for writing workshops, and more. The Student Worktext is sold separately. 768 pages, softcover. Grade 9.

BJU Press’ Grade 9 Writing & Grammar 4^th Edition combines systematic grammar instruction and writing practice so students can connect the grammar skills they learn to the essays that they are creating. The Assessments book includes preassessments, six chapter tests and a cumulative final exam. It also provides concept reinforcements for supporting ELL and struggling students. The Assessments Answer Key is sold separately. 140 pages, softcover. Grade 9.

BJU Press’ Grade 9 Writing & Grammar 4^th Edition combines systematic grammar instruction and writing practice so students can connect the grammar skills they learn to the essays that they are creating. The Assessments Answer Key contains the student pages from the Assessments book with answers overlaid for the preassessments, chapter tests, final exam, and concept reinforcements. The Assessments book is sold separately. 140 pages, 3-hole punched softcover. Grade 9.

The Writer's Toolbox covers all eight parts of speech and the seven sentence patterns in detail. It explains grammar, usage and mechanics rules and provides an overview of the writing process and strategies for effective writing. The text discusses research skills such as using the dictionary, using the library and documenting sources in a research paper. Included are up-to-date examples of MLA documentation style and a sample research paper. For use with Grade 9, Second Edition only; optional