Writing

Student Learning/Assessment Guides

Writing Task	Activity/Assessment Guides Assess when students work independently.
Plan and edit with clear criteria	Criteria for Clear Communication Use Pictures As Pre-Writers English / Spanish Show What’s Important English / Spanish Skill and Strategy Flow Charts: 3 Parts 6 Parts Write to Read
Write sentences	Sentence Expander English / Spanish
Organize and write a paragraph	Paragraph Writer English Spanish Paragraph Writer Idea Organizer Paragraph Writer about a City English / Spanish Focus, Support, Organize Writing English / Spanish Write Clearly Meaningful Words English / Spanish
Organize and write a report	Report Organizer Plan Your Report Focus, Support, Organize Writing English / Spanish Support a Position
Scaffolds to Guide or Assess Expository Writing Whistler student explains public schools and integration.	Expository Pre-Writer How to Summarize English / Spanish I Can Read and Write about Nonfiction Write What You Learn—To Learn More Expository Writing Guide: List and Organize Expository Writer: Plan Your Essay Write What You Learn Explanatory Writer Knowledge Connector English / Spanish Show to Tell English / Spanish Important Learning Report Learning Log: Weekly Log English / Spanish What did you learn?
Narrative writing	Narrative Writer English / Spanish Thematic History Writer Story Writer English / Spanish
Write an Extended Response	I Can Organize and Write an Extended Response
Write a Letter	Plan and Write a Letter
Write a persuasive text Gray School Valentine Letter Gallery	Support a Position Analyze Arguments: Evaluate Arguments and Support a Position Persuasive Writer Take a Position and Support It Native American Views of Nature: Summarize a Position, then Support Your Own
Write a booklet	Book Maker: How to Write and Illustrate a Children’s Book English / Spanish Think it Through: Write a Book
Write a page about a topic	My Page About...
Write a poem or song	Art-Based Poem Writer Poem Builder Based on a Painting (Interpret a text painting; communicate about a topic in a poem) Chicago Poem English / Spanish Communicate a Theme in a Poem Haiku Writer (write a haiku) Persuasive Poem Builder Poem Planner Emphasizing Techniques Poem Writer English / Spanish Poet's Grammar Toolkit Topical Song Writer English / Spanish (Write to communicate) Poem Builders: Flowers Technology Poetry Topic: Simple Machines Classroom Posters: How do you read a poem? 8.5 x 14 11 x 17 How does a poet share ideas? 11 x 17 Color 11 x 17 Black
Use sequence to tell or retell a story	I Can Draw a Story
Write about one topic three ways	Three Ways to Write
Communicate ideas in a speech	Expository Communicator English / Spanish Persuasive Speech Writer Write to Communicate Values
Explain and give examples of grammar rules	My Own Grammar Guide Chart English / Spanish My Good Grammar Examples NWEA Grammar Points

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