Teaching+Writing



Common Core State Standards for particular types of writing—argument, informative/explanatory text, and narrative—in a given grade. Each of the samples exhibits at least the level of quality required to meet the Writing standards for that grade. . ." ||  ||
 * Writing Strategy || Purpose || Uses ||
 * DESE Common Core Content Area Writing Samples || See the standards in action. . . student "writing samples that have been annotated to illustrate the criteria required to meet the
 * Evidence Based Terms in Social Studies || A blog post from History Tech that describes how to use evidence based language in social studies writing ||  ||
 * Dare to Differentiate || Wiki on differentiating writing and lessons in the classroom, lots of examples for social studies ||  ||
 * Get It Write || Wiki on writing resources for the classroom ||  ||
 * Let the data be your guide || Wiki on assessments, rubrics, feedback, and more ||  ||
 * Boston Writing Project 2011 ||  ||   ||
 * UDL Tech Tool Kit for Writing ||  ||   ||
 * [[file:Persuasive Arguments handout.docx]] ||  ||   ||
 * [[file:Genres in Mass Curriculum Frameworks.docx]] ||  ||   ||
 * Ideas for Teaching Students to Craft Logical Arguments ||  ||   ||
 * Chopped - Social Studies Edition || A creative way to use objects as well as primary source documents in small group to help students write document based questions. Sample lesson on the Louisiana Purchase ||  ||
 * Persuasive Writing Map from ReadWriteThink || Interactive online activity to map out arguments for persuasive writing and debates. Includes lesson plans for grades K-12 ||  ||
 * ARCH || The UMBC Assessment Resource Center for History offers sample assessments based on readings from six eras in U.S. history. The assessments include multiple choice question and performance tasks based on close reading exercises. The performance task assessments include scoring rubrics, sample responses from students, and the documents that students need in order to complete the performance tasks. ||  ||