This video explores...
"When educators take on the challenge of improving achievement in writing, a common starting point is to search for a robust writing curriculum. While an investment in a boxed curriculum may offer important guidance on what to teach, the curriculum alone will not improve writers.

A better starting point is to focus on how writing is being taught.

Regardless of the curriculum used, the real learning occurs during a daily writer’s workshop, where teachers commit to providing three components: direct instruction, writing time, and differentiated feedback. By focusing on how writing is being taught, educators create an optimal teaching environment for students to learn essential writing skills and standards."

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) teaches us how to ask for directions. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 5 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71

A wildlife photographer describes her love for animals and how she took some of her favorite up-close photos of them.

This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and Common Core literacy strategies to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary using the nonfiction informational text, Wildfires. Wildfires can cause damage but also play a critical role in the renewal of forests and grasslands. Through the example of the 1988 Yellowstone fire, Wildfires highlights the effects and cycles of fires and shows the reader how critical fire is to regenerating forests and grasslands.

In the story Wings, Ikarus Jackson is shunned and tormented by his peers, as well as community members because of his unique physical appearance.

This fantasy tells the story of a wolf who learns to read to gain the respect and friendship of farm animals.

This site houses a collection of ready to go resources including:

*tools
*templates
*visual
*recall
*no technology

Find slides at ditch.link/cabinetlinks

In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.

Independant writing assignments for grades 1 through 9 including descriptive, expository, narrative paragraphs; poetry; scripts, letters, biographies, rebus stories, story from a picture, and reports. 

Focus
The continuum provides an overview of the writing skills, text forms, and strategies for each grade/course. The continuum is not intended to replace the curricula.

Content
The English Language Arts grades 1–12 compose and create goal is the foundation for this continuum.
Compose and Create (CC)—Students will extend their abilities to write to explore and present thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms, for a variety of purposes, for a variety of audiences.
In addition, outcomes and indicators related to writing inform the continuum.

Format
The continuum, providing teachers with a grade 1–12 overview of writing, is organized into the following grade groupings: 1–3; 4–6; 7–9; 10–12.

This site provides (completely free) writing prompts and exercises to help you get started with creative writing and break through writing blocks - and some fun anagram vocabulary games.

Generate random story ideas, plots, subjects, scenarios, characters, first lines for stories and more.

Help students keep their writing organized in a writing folder. Glue the labels from the next few pages onto the covers and pockets of two pocket folders. If you wish, laminate the folders and use an exacto knife to slice open the pocket. Tape the two folders together to make a four pocket folder. You could also make your own folders using 18 x 24 construction paper/manila tag. Before laminating, let the students attach the labels and decorate.

This writing process checklist can be used as a template to co-create a checklist with students that aligns with the writing task.

The following is the .ppt presentation used to support developing writing plans integrated with writing at Sun West.

Both a short and long form writing progression for K-12. Very useful for seeing what writing should be done by grade level.

Developed from https://www.stf.sk.ca/professional-resources/saskatchewan-professional-development-unit/resources/english-language-arts?field_spdu_category_tid=281

The prompts below can help students share their thoughts and feelings on the recent protests against police violence and systemic racism. Simply click “Assign” to create a Quick Write assignment.

Various writing prompts for any novel including: themes, characters, events; author's craft & reflection

Options include (select the novel on the left side of the screen):
*Generic for any novel
*The Giver
*The Outsiders
*The Hate U Give
*Hatchet
*Wonder
*Lord of the Flies
*Romeo & Juliet
*To Kill a Mockingbird
*Bud, Not Buddy
*Fahrenheit 451
*The Great Gatsby
*The House on Mango Street
*Night

This resource contains a collection of excellent writing prompts for elementary students. The prompts are specifically listed until Grade 4, but many of these are great prompts that could be used with any age student!