Blakes Back to Basics Year 5 NAPLAN*-style Reading and Writing

About This Book

The Back to Basics NAPLAN*-style series provides children with the opportunity to practise NAPLAN-style questions in readiness for the Year 5 NAPLAN Reading & Writing tests.

This book has been divided between Reading in the front section and Writing in the back section. A variety of narrative, persuasive and information text types are covered in both parts.

The Reading section provides:

• 11 reading units at three different levels of difficulty - beginner, medium and advanced
• Comprehension questions for each unit, with tips
• 3 NAPLAN*-style reading tests for each level

The Writing section provides:

• Extensive information, assessment grids, planning sheets and practice for four text types:
• Persuasive
• Narrative
• Recount
• Explanation

A NAPLAN*-style Writing test is included for each featured text type, using the 16-page, pull-out Reading booklet.

Answers for all of the units and tests are provided at the back of the book.

Support your child with complementary Online Practice Tests for Year 5 from Excel Test Zone, Australia's number one online practice site! Your child will become familiar with the NAPLAN Online format with hundreds of questions to practise and detailed answers and explanations for every question!

• This is not an officially endorsed publication of the NAPLAN program and is produced by Pascal Press independently of Australian governments.