• ¡Colorín Colorado! Standards-based writing for ELLs
  Recent research reveals emerging promising practices on how meaningful, standards-based writing instruction can be attained through five key principles:
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• 6 Traits of Writing: Word Choice Unit
  A sequence of suggested activities for teaching middle school students word choice.
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• 6 Traits Resources
  6 Traits Resources Here you will find some resources to help support you in your implementation of 6 Traits in your classroom.
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• 6+1 Trait Writing @Web English Teacher
  Great links for 6+1 Writing Traits: Posters, student-made metaphors, samples, rubrics etc.
  Teaching resources for 6+1 Trait writing
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• 6+1 Trait Writing Model : School Violence Editorial--ESL Version
  This site provides a modified version of the 6+1 Trait Writing Model for ELLs
  RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.
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• 6+1 Trait® Scoring NWREL (Scored examples across grade levels)
  6+1 Trait® Writing Scoring Guide by NWREL The 6+1 Trait analytical model for assessing and teaching writing is made up of 6+1 key qualities that define strong writing. See links to student sample writing for each score and practice links
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• 6+1 Trait® Writing NWREL (Original Source)
  The 6+1 Trait Writing framework is a powerful way to learn and use a common language to refer to characteristics of writing as well as create a common vision of what 'good' writing looks like. Select 6 + 1 Trait Scoring and then Writing Scoring Guide.
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• 6+1 Trait® Writing Prompts
  This NWREL site provides tips for student writing prompts for narrative, expository and persuasive writing. See the link to prompts related to common state assessment questions.
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• ABC's of the Writing Process
  Specific Graphic Organizers Links with emphasis on the writing process.
  The ABC's of the Writing Process - A Universal Process for Any Writing Task. The purpose of this site is to provide a user friendly online resource, for students or teachers, no matter what they are being challenged to write.
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• About this Section | 6+1 Traits | Northwest Education
  History of the model. Welcome to this special section of Northwest Education, focusing on the 6+1 Trait™ Writing Assessment and Instruction Model. The model began to take shape nearly 20 years ago, sparked by the collaborative effort of dedicated teachers.
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• Approaches to Writing Instruction for Adolescent English Language Learners
  A discussion of recent reserach and practice literature in relation to nationwide standards on writing, Prepared by the Education Alliance at Brown Un.
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• Barbican Can I Have A Word?
  Barbican Education has put together an interesting site designed to give 'teachers new ideas and insights to inspire creative writing in the classroom' by emphasizing the importance of words. There are 4 project areas: 'the elements,' 'the human body,' 'the odyssey,' and 'changing voices.' In each project, the visitor can listen to selected poets, watch visual stimuli aimed at firing 'children's imaginations' and also get ideas and activities to 'encourage creative writing.' There are links to other sites, bios of the poets featured, writing tips, and of course, a teacher's curriculum. Students, don't be put off by the idea that this resource is geared to teachers. Browse through this resource to get ahead of the teacher; you just might discover the joy of
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• Better Answers: Written Performance That Looks Good and Sounds Smart
  Ardith Davis Cole presents an instructional model that is dramatically different from anything you might find in most "test prep" resources. At last, teachers and school districts have a powerful alternative to those isolated skill-drill workbooks. Although this model does prepare students for constructing test responses, it also prepares them for any task requiring thorough, cogent answers to questions--both in and out of school environments. See the introduction and first chapter online. ASCD rec.
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• Character Analysis
  This is a sample writing lesson for elementary children from Exemplars.
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• ESL Resources, Handouts and Exercises for Students and Teachers
  We have many different materials for English as a Second Language (ESL) students and teachers, which include resource pages, handouts, and exercises.
  offers links to ESL resources for students and teachers: grammars, distance education schools and courses, great ESL web sites, and much more.
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• Everyday Editing: Inviting Students to Develop Skill and Craft in Writer's Workshop
  Written in Jeff Anderson's characteristically witty style, this refreshing and practical guide offers an overview of his approach to editing within the writing workshop as well as ten detailed sets of lessons covering everything from apostrophes to serial commas. These lessons can be used throughout the year to replace Daily Oral Language or error-based editing strategies with a more effective method for improving student writing.
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• Exemplars RWR 5-8 Sample
  Immigration research and writing sample. Paula Bellerose and Mary Goodale respectively teach Language Arts and Social Studies at Middlebury Union Middle School in Middlebury, Vermont. They created this unit together and have used it in their classrooms as well as in a number of workshops. The unit was accepted by the Vermont State Department as a juried standards-based unit in 1998. It has rubrics and writing samples of each.
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• Gallery of Writing
  National Council of Teachers of English, You can read published work, publish your own work, start a local gallery or search galleries
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• Glenbrook South High School English: Writing
  Great links to help high school writers, collected by Glenbrook South High School. Rec. by Paul Ceisel
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• Handouts: Main Index from Owl Online Writing Resource
  Purdue univeristy offers a number of handouts for students and teachers. Research papers, grammar, punctuatuion and spelling, support for ELLs etc.
  The Purdue University Online Writing Lab serves writers from around the world and the Purdue University Writing Lab helps writers on Purdue's campus.
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• Hawthorn Junior High School - Writing Across the Curriculum
  Writing is an activity that is used primarily for learning and communication. It also shows clarity of thought and deepens understanding of material. The purpose of this page is to provide teachers with strategies to use in their classrooms to help students learn. These strategies go across content areas and grade levels. Before using any of these strategies, one has to ask the question "What's my purpose?" These strategies are used for writing that is short, spontaneous, exploratory, unedited, informal and personal, and not lengthy and formal. Many of these strategies are adapted from The Illinois Writing Project Writing to Learn by Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman
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• HS/MS 6 Plus 1 Traits of Writing Overview
  This is a short oral presentation of the 6 + 1 Writing traits
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• Improving Reading, Writing, Thinking and Content Achievement (MUST SEE)
  This website is through Township High School District 214. This site includes reading and/or thinking skills, and links for printable graphic organizers and assignment templates. The organizers and writing templates scaffold the writing tasks with sample language. Rec. by: Sam Markey
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• InterActive Six Trait Writing Process
  This web site provides an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and improving student writing based on the Six Traits Writing model. The links below provide an overview of the model along with the scoring rubrics for each trait. Exercises provided here will give students and teachers a chance to read sample writings, rate them, and compare their ratings with ratings made by English teachers. Developed by Steve Gardiner and Vince Long, Billings Sen. HS, Billings, MT
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• Introduction to the CRLS Research Guide- CRLS Research Guide
  This site written for students takes them through the research process step-by-step. Translation options are available and media player support is provided. Essay writing is also included.
  Basic Steps to the Research Process
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• IPL Teenspace A+ Research & Writing
  This site provides online resouces for high school and college students. It gives explanations and examples of different types of writing.
  The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service.
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• KidPub (Kids publish their stories)
  You've found KidPub, the world's largest online collection of stories written by kids for kids! "At KidPub, we believe that writing is a fundamental life skill and a key to success later in life. By publishing kids' stories to a worldwide audience we create excitement about writing and reading. As a popular author once said, "Writers write." We don't criticize, analyze, correct, or evaluate children's stories. It's the act of writing that is important. The more a kid writes, the more comfortable it becomes. Posting stories on KidPub builds confidence and self-esteem in our young authors."
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• Making Mathematicians - Constructed Response (MUST See Video)
  In this video, Regional Trainer Holly Young and Instructional Coach Debra Bareño will illustrate a framework for constructed response that will not only give you a clear and easy way to teach it, but will also show that it can be tied in with the standards for which you are already responsible. After viewing this video, you will be able to integrate the teaching of constructed response into your classroom in a simple and easy way. In fact, you'll be able to "ACE it." Be sure to get the handouts for each presentations: math, LA, and science.
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• Notebook Know-How: Strategies for the Writer's Notebook
  A BOOK review entire book online. In Notebook Know-How, Aimee Buckner provides the tools teachers need to make writers' notebooks an integral part of their writing programs. She also addresses many of the questions teachers ask when they start using notebooks with their students.
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• Persuasive Rubrics
  The site provides the six traits writing rubrics for persuasive writing.
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• Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizers
  These are the graphic organizers for persuasive writing that have been selected by Region 15. See their site for access to many graphic organizers in English and Spanish, in PDF format or Word.
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• Scholastic Classport 182 countries, ePals/penpals
  Communicate with classrooms in 182 countries, students find an epal and teachers collaborate with teachers around the world.
  Over 11 million students and teachers from 191 countries are building skills and enhancing learning with ePals. Over 120,000 classroom profiles link schools together as cross-cultural learning partners and friends. Established in 1996.
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• Science IDEAS Online, Writing Activities - Journaling
  WRITING ACTIVITIES & JOURNALING Suggested Science Notebook Guidelines Science notebooks are an effective instructional device that allow students to record what they know (prior knowledge), take notes on what they are learning and finally, reflect on what they have learned either by assimilating what has been learned or by revising prior knowledge to accommodate new learning.
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• Six Trait Links
  Ginny's Pages provides excellent links for the 6 + 1 Writing. Includes links to books that model the traits.
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• Six Traits Writing PowerPoint Fox Valley Writing Project Teaching Resources
  This site has multiple resources, but the PowerPoint The Six Traits of Writing (PowerPoint) Jody Drake and Jennifer Heidl-Knobloch is a student-friendly overview of the 6 traits. You would need to add the + 1 trait of presentation.
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• Standards-based Writing Rubrics from Greece Central School District NY
  Rubrics provide clear criteria for evaluating a product or performance on a continuum of quality. Rubrics are not simply checklists with point distributions or lists of requirements. Includes characterisitcs of well designed rubrics.
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• Student Inquiry in the Research Process
  This website has been designed to help guide fellow educators toward developing lesson plans for student inquirers. Peruse the suggested reading to further your understanding, sample the Instructor Guides, and use the worksheets and overheads that have been tested in K-12 classrooms and library media centers.
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• Teachers: Content Literacy
  In this section of Literacy Matters, we organize the Sites That Matter under two categories: writing to learn and writing to demonstrate knowledge.
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• The Research Process: a Research Guide and Stylebook for Teachers and Students
  This site provided by Roseburg HS in Oregon provides great resources for the teaching (or student use of) the research process. There are many helpful activities.
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• Welcome to WritingFix:  The Best Place for Interactive Writing Ideas on the Internet
  Interactive Writing Prompts Lessons for better writing skills found on our interactive pages. WritingFix, we believe, is the only site of its kind. It was designed by writers, teachers, and students...to spark the imaginations of writers, teachers and students...of all ages.
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• Where can I publish my writing?
  Ask Kids Web Search This is a response to a search for where to kids can publish their writing.
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• Write Away (A Must See for 6-12)
  Write Away is a professional development project whose goal is to improve composition skills for grades 6-12 through a school-wide writing initiative based on the Four Square Writing Graphic Organizer developed by Judith S. and Evan Gould. See the PowerPoints on Persuasive and Expository Writing, especially the "Canned" Presentations.
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• Write Guy
  Jeff Anderson : FANBOYS Posters See the other links. Jeff has multiple resources for teachers and students. His DVD is excellent. See links to Children's literature Mentor texts, songs for teaching mechanics,etc.
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• Writing Persuasive Letters
  Scholastic.com Lesson with reproducibles for writing persuasive letters
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• Writing Process Websites
  This site provides helpful links for the writing process for both teachers and students.
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• WritingDEN: Recycling
  Visuals, text and auditory support help students learn to read and write about recycling. The activities progress from words to sentences and finally to paragraphs.
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• WritingFix 6 Traits (MUST SEE!)
  Part of the Northern Nevada Writing Project Scroll down to all of the resources on this site. Resources for each trait, great posters, songs for the traits, mentor texts (mostly quality children's literature, traits across the content areas, lessons, etc. etc. See sidebar for process writing, etc.
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• WritingFix: 6-Trait Writing Lessons Inspired by Picture Books
  59 free-to-use Lessons: created by Northern Nevada teachers for teachers everywhere In 2005, WritingFix and the Northern Nevada Writing Project received a generous grant that helped begin the very popular lesson collection you will find on this page.
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