Writing

Writing is an expectation in every class, every day. We need to find a way to incorporate writing into everything we do throughout each unit.

High School Writing Rubric: This is the rubric that we will use across the district this year. It is similar to the rubric that we used last year and is focused on persuasive writing. In addition to the state rubric, you will find ACT language embedded throughout the rubric. This information is written in a different color so that it is obvious and a key is located at the bottom of the rubric outlining which section of the ACT it can be found. Below are also some ideas created by a group of district teachers about how to provide feedback using this writing rubric.

Please keep in mind that the different traits are specifically stated in your pacing guide and that we will NOT start the year assessing all six of them.

Writing Rubric: [|Kansas Persuasive Writing ScoringRubric.doc]

Feedback Ideas: [|Providing Feedback for Students.doc]

__Online Resources:__

Writing Partner, helping you write a story from beginnnig to THE END []
 * __Lightning Bug__**

===**[|Can Teach:] ** ===
 * writing Prompts and Journal Topics

===**[|Internet Detective] ** ===
 * (Researching on the Internet) It’s designed to help students in higher and further education who want to use the Internet to help with research for coursework and assignments.

[|18 Interesting Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom]

[|30 Ideas for Teaching Writing from National Writing Project]

[|Guidelines for Reading & Writing.pdf]

[|THE PURDUE ONLINE WRITING LAB]

[|WritingNext.pdf]

===**[|Copyright Portal] ** ===
 * Link to a site that deals copyright/fair use for both students and teachers. There is a wizard that asks questions to help you determine if you are doing the correct thing in terms of these issues.[[[] |]]