Kaplan Focus on Writing gives your middle school students the skills they need to craft high-scoring responses to writing prompts on standardized tests, including persuasive essays, narratives, responses to pictures, responses to literature, and document-based essays.

• A systematic approach to responding to test-like writing prompts helps your students know what strategies they should use before, during, and after they write.
• Writing opportunities in different genres—including persuasive essays, narratives, responses to pictures, responses to literature, and document-based essays—allow your students to develop writing skills across and within genres.
• Robust notes in the Teacher’s Edition help educators support all student learning, including English Learners and students with special needs.
• Rubrics allow teachers and educators to assess and evaluate student responses to writing prompts.