Resources for Strengthening Writing in all Content Areas

ReadWriteThink
​provides writing lessons for every genre and content area.

LearnZillion
is a resource that provides video tutorial
​ to boost student skills in writing.

FaceTalker App allows students
to narrate animal reports.

ELA OK TEACHERS
provides resources, including model lessons,
strategies, and short PD training videos to assist teachers
and administrators in connecting to share best
instructional practices. 

This report provides research-based
Effective Strategies to improve writing
of adolescents in middle and high schools.

Oklahoma Writing Project
The Oklahoma Writing Project is a professional development network. OWP serves teachers of writing at all grade levels, pre-K through university, and in all subjects. 

Resources for Passage-Based Writing

 SPOTLIGHT on Paired Passages
is designed to help students learn to construct
responses to prompts similar to those
seen on state tests. 
Download the FREE sample for your grade level.

The Tennessee Department of Education
has created sample prompts that require
passage-based evidence for each response.

This Pocahontas Lesson Plan
requires students to read two passages written by John Smith and state/write
an opinion regarding the accuracy of these two primary sources.

TEACH Passage Based Writing
This is a series of short videos of strategies
for teaching passage-based writing.

Keep It or Junk It
is a lesson where students read a passage and determine the relevant details necessary to respond to a writing prompt.  

Students need to use evidence from the passages in their responses.
However, we have to ensure that "use evidence" does not become "copy the author's words."
This guide provides some pointers to get your students started.

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