美国教育特别重视阅读和写作。从小学开始，语文老师就会提供各种不同的阅读材料让学生阅读，然后根据阅读写作文章。阅读让人获取信息和知识，写作开启批判性思维。Scholastic Success with Writing《学乐英语写作练习册》由美国学乐教育集团(Scholastic)编写，一共包括5册，从练习写句子到写段落，分级训练孩子的英语写作能力，让孩子达到自主写作的水平。这套书适合有一定英文基础和词汇量的小学生或初中生，既可供学校老师用于英语写作课堂练习，也可给家长在家辅导孩子自学。
One of the greatest challenges teachers and parents face is helping children develop independent writing skills. Each writing experience is unique and individualized, making it each child’s responsibility to plan, expand, and proofread his or her work. However, the high-interest topics and engaging exercise in this book will both stimulate and encourage children as they develop the necessary skills to become independent writers. This book uses these strategies to introduce grade-appropriate skills that con be used in daily writing assignments such as journals, stories, and letters. Like a stepladder, this book will help children reach the next level of independent writing.
美国学乐教育集团1920年成立于美国纽约，是全球知名的儿童图书和多媒体软件的出版和发行商。90多年来，学乐始终致力于发展儿童英语教育，因此被美国教育界推崇为“教育界值得信赖的品牌”。学乐的宗旨是“帮助全球儿童更好地阅读和学习”。
学乐集团是一家年销售额超过20亿美金的美国上市公司，在美国90%的幼儿园和中小学选用学乐的英语教材或书籍进行教学。学乐的阅读俱乐部是美国非常大的读书俱乐部，覆盖全美各类学校。学乐的教学网站每年帮助1800万学生完成研究课题，并且赢得美国图书馆协会的奖项。
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Scholastic was founded in 1920 as a single classroom magazine. Today, Scholastic books and educational materials are in tens of thousands of schools and tens of millions of homes worldwide, helping to Open a World of Possible for children across the globe.
Body Facts (Writing sentences)
Get the Scoop (Writing questions for interviews)
Clearly Interesting (Expanding sentences)
Sentence Sense (Making meaning clearer)
Get to the Point (Eliminating unnecessary words in sentences)
Lots of words (Fixing run-on sentences)
A Capital Adventure (Capitalizing)
And the Winner Is (Using commas in sentences)
Listen to the Music (Combining subjects, objects, and predicates)
That’s Deep! (Combining sentences using appositives)
Rise and Shine (Combining sentences using subordinate conjunctions)
Time to Experiment (Combining sentences to make compound sentences)
Solve the problem (Combining details from several sentences)
Powerful paragraphs (Identifying the parts of a paragraph)
Grab some Attention (Writing topic sentences)
The Mighty End (Writing strong endings)
In the Know (Writing supporting details for topic sentences)
A Scrumptious Topic (Learning more about topic and supporting sentences)
Read Carefully (Proofreading)
Working Together (Writing from an illustration)
Make It Exact (Choosing exact words)
It’s All Business! (Writing a business letter)
The power of persuasion (Using facts and opinions to persuade)
Step by Step (Using time order in paragraphs)
Finding the Way (Writing directions)
Definitely Dynamic (Writing a definition paragraph)
Read and Review (Writing a book review)
A Great Way to Organize (Using an outline to organize information)
Getting Organized (Organizing facts and details into paragraphs)
The Narrator (Writing from different points of view)
Make a Plan (Planning a story)
Time to Talk (Punctuating dialogue)
The Tone of Talk (Using words other than said)
Grab some Interest (Expanding paragraphs)
Figuratively Speaking (Using metaphors, similes, personification, and hyperbole)
Writing Wonderful Words (Using alliteration and assonance)
Crack! Splat! (Using onomatopoeia)
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