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Useful documents & LINKS:

[|Education Northwest]

//__**National Writing Project 2-page rubric, landscape style:**__//

//__**Oakland CA Writing Proficiency Assessment Project:**__// [|Oakland Writes]

[|Scored Sample Papers 3-8]

//__**Research on grading; why speed matters:**__//

__//**Research on the effect of teacher comments on student writing**//__

//__**Components of Effective Scaffolding Instruction:**__//

//__**Formats for writing assessments:**__//

//__**Top 10 questions for unit design:**__//

//__**Tiered Instruction, planning for:**__//

//__**Teaching spelling--dispelling myths:**__//

//**__Differentiated Instruction, definition & guidelines:__**//

//__**Questionnaire re: Carnegie Report on Effective Writing Instruction:**__//

__//**LINK to IDOE Tiered Instruction Samples in LA, Science and Math:**//__ [|Tiered Activities, Samples from IDOE]

__//**LINK to NEW Common Core Standards:**//__ [|Common Core Standards]

__//**LINK to Writing Next--Carnegie Report on Adolescent Writingb b**//__ [|Carnegie Writing Next]

//__**Using MS Word to make automatic comments on students' papers**__//

//__**MS Excel spreadsheet template for CWA scoring sessions**__//

__//** Overview of CWA Plan **//__

__//**CWA Scores Summary Sheet, blank example**//__

//__** Sample Papers, Scoring Practice Sites **__// [|Tucson USD Sample Papers]

[|Northwest Education 6 Trait Scoring Site]

[|Oregan DOE Practice Scoring Site]

__//**WARNING!! The site below has lost General Assembly funding and will be taken down at the end of 2011. You may copy/download materials from it before then**.//__ [|The Writing Site--Indiana practice scoring site]

A book with great ideas for scaffolding & tiering assignments:
=//__**RESOURCES **__//=

=CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR TEAMS-- click link below & take survey= [|Survey]

NCTE General Position Statements on Writing
[|NCTE Position Statements on Writing]

=Bloom's Taxonomy revisited by Lorin Anderson=



Oakland Writes -- A district writing assessment process
[|District-wide Writing Assessment--Oakland]

Link to Arizona DOE policy/FAQs on using 6 Trait scoring/passing rates
[|AZ DOE on 6 traits]

GUIDE TO CONVENTIONS BY GRADE LEVEL
(designed by the teachers of Madison, WI)



Link to WW forms and documents developed by teachers
[|WW Forms and Docs]

Maxwell's THREE LEVELS OF WRITING


= Below are some additional USEFUL LINKS!! =

Searchable Indiana Standards Link:
[|English Standards for Indiana]

A teacher website with ideas on getting a WW started
[|Mandy Gregory's WW website]

Beth Newingham's 3rd Grade Website
[|Newingham's Website]

Link to the Greece, NY ELA Website
[|Language Arts Currculum Resources]

Link to Writing Fix
[|Writing Fix--part of the National Writing Project]

Link to Many other 6 Trait Links!
[|eResources for the 6 Traits]

Link to Primary Resources for 6 Traits
[|Primary 6 Trait Resources]

Link to PDF Document on Traits from Spokane WA
[|Traits of Writing--Spokane Resource]

Link to Writers Workshop Resources
[|How to do Writers Workshop Resources]

Link to Edzone 6 Trait Resources
[|Edzone Resources]

Sample of Results of a 2x per year schoolwide writing assessment: