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Write About Life Science provides students with many opportunities to communicate about life science topics through writing. As as increasing number of standardized tests include science as a testing component, providing students with ample practice becomes important. Write About Life Science offers a wide variety of writing experiences including summarizing, describing, synthesizing, predicting, organizing and interpreting charts, graphs,, and results of experiments. Reading selections are meant to supplement any science curriculum as well as serve as the focus for writing activities. Included in the selections are significant science facts, charts, graphs, experiments, and other useful information. A sample test covering all of the topics presented is a part of the book, drawing on the individual quizzes and the different writing types.Hassinger, Mary Rose is the author of 'Write About Life Science, Grades 6 to 8 The Test Connection', published 2003 under ISBN 9780742419179 and ISBN 0742419177.
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