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Appropriately scaffolded lessons prepare ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� to produce work that contains well-developed and pertinent ideas, supporting examples, and appropriate detail.

• Lessons target the skills, strategies, and knowledge ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� need to be successful on high-stakes tests.
• Outline diagrams set specific goals to help ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� focus on particular aspects of their writing.
• Grammar, language use, and mechanics are woven throughout the program to provide long-term benefits to ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ��ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� writing abilities.

The SRA Essentials for Writing program is designed for ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� in middle and high school who are at risk of failing to meet graduation requirements in English language arts. When used with ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� in ninth grade or earlier, the program helps prevent failure on high school exit exams, or it can be used with high school ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� who have already failed the high school exit exam.

SRA Essentials for Writing differs from traditional approaches in the process of program development and field tests, in its instructional design and scripted presentations, and in the language it uses to communicate with ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ��. The program has been shaped through extensive field tests and revised based on problems ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� and teachers encountered.

The program teaches prerequisite sentence-writing and grammar skills that are essential for learning to write in addition to complex writing behaviors needed to pass high school exit examinations in many states. Essentials for Writing is not a ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ��test prepʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� program, but it is designed to build the set of competencies that are expected of high school ʯ����Ƶ��ɫ�� and commonly measured on exit exams.

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