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6 + 1 Traits of Writing Kindergarten-Grade 8This language arts unit is designed to work for single or multi-grade classrooms, with the lessons broken into grade bands of K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. The model addresses the following seven characteristics of writing: Ideas Organization Voice Word... -
Academic Service Learning in First-Year Writing: Implications for Practice Grade 12-TertiaryThe author shares research answering six questions: 1. What do service-learning composition courses look like? 2. What perceptions do teachers in service-learning composition programs have about their success in ensuring that composition and service... -
Can Peer Review Help Johnny Write Better? Grade 9-TertiaryThis article provides insights into how peer reviews can help students succeed and how to correctly structure peer reviews in your classroom. -
Celebrating the Writing of Children in the Primary Grades Preschool-Grade 3Publishing and sharing the writing of young children often appears difficult and overwhelming to the busy teacher. This 2012 NAD presentation shares secrets for celebrating the writing accomplishments of young students. There are samples of simple classroom... -
Create Your Own Mentor Texts for Successful Writer's Workshop Lessons Kindergarten-Grade 8"Using mentor texts in writer's workshop helps students more readily grasp new genres of writing and feel more comfortable trying those genres...learn more about creating [your] own mentor texts to use in writer's workshop minilessons" by reading... -
Creating Writing Assignments That Promote Perspective-Taking Skills Grade 11-TertiaryLoveless seeks strategies appropriate for college writing assignments which require students to consider the effects of their comments on their audience, a perspective-taking experience, hypothesizing that such experiences assist students in moving to higher... -
Daily Writing Prompts for the Multi-Grade Classroom Grade 4-Grade 8A PowerPoint of 170 prompts for daily journal writing in a multi-grade Adventist classroom. Some of these have been used with students as young as 3rd grade, but 4th grade and up seems to work best. These prompts integrate Pathways themes and other core subject... -
Drawing Before Writing - A Metacognitive Scaffold to Year 2 Children's Story Writing Grade 1-Grade 4"The purpose of the study was to investigate the use of drawing to improve the quality and quantity of children’s writing by using drawing before writing to scaffold children’s thinking during the story writing process." -
How to Teach Reluctant Writers How to Write a Five-Paragraph Essay Grade 6-Grade 12Designed for teachers of below-grade level junior high and high school students, this 2018 NAD convention presentation taught the "structure of a five-paragraph essay and how to get...students to successfully express their ideas on paper using the five-paragraph... -
I Wanna - The Art of Persuasion Grade 4-Grade 8The author discusses a genre study on persuasive writing, conducted in a 4th- to 8th-grade classroom. She presents guidelines for composing persuasive writing that her students compiled in their initial study. -
Making the Grade Grade 3-Grade 12Both beginning and experienced teachers often struggle with how to assess writing assignments. This article gives suggestions on how to grade writing assignments, options for grading, and key traits of writing. Grading options such as the no grade or check... -
One Woman's War With 'The Wall' Grade 3-LifelongHitting the 'writer's block' wall is a common occurrence in composition classrooms. Students often experience various levels of fear, frustration, and anxiety when faced with writing tasks. In this article, Tammy McGuire shares with students and teachers helpful... -
Opening Students' Eyes Through Picture-Guided Writing Grade 1-Grade 12The universality of visual images allows them to be tools for improving writing instruction at any grade level, in any subject, and in any language. Pictures pump life into the teaching of any writing genre. The picture resources for teaching writing are... -
Pathways Writing Workshop Kindergarten-Grade 8This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation focuses on the Writing Workshop. Learn how to create and implement a plan for including the Pathways Writing Workshop into the classroom. -
Reading Comprehension Strategies to Improve Writing Skills in the High School English Class Grade 9-Grade 12"Whether students pursue employment as blue-collar or white-collar workers, employers expect them to be able to read, write, and comprehend numerous types of communication." -
Reading Like Writers - Writing for Readers Kindergarten-Grade 2This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation shows how early readers use reading purposefully. See the process and the product of a shared reading/writing experience. There are also ideas for creating shared reading and writing products based on Pathways... -
Seven Keys that Inspire Success in Common Core Writing Kindergarten-Grade 5Increasing writing proficiency requires targeted lessons that meet the Common Core requirements. This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation demonstrates how practical strategies and Common Core lessons create a high-success atmosphere that improves the... -
The Formula Essay Reconsidered Kindergarten-Grade 12Haluska explains the history and value of formula essays. He ends with five scoring qualities a grading rubric might include: unity, support, organization, style, and mechanics. -
The Writing Process Grade 5-Grade 12Created by an English teacher in self-defense and for self-preservation, this series of PowerPoint presentations, with companion notes and assignments, tackles the nuts and bolts of The Writing Process in general as well as a number of specific types of essays. -
Toward Research Writing Grade 5-Grade 12Students and teachers alike often dread the inevitable multiple-page research paper. Managing the note cards, quotations, footnotes, and bibliography from multiple sources makes us attempt this but once a year. Is there a way to teach these tools in smaller,... -
Using the 6+1 Writing Traits Approach/Developing Writing Portfolios Grade 1-Grade 12What are the "6+1 Writing Traits"? How can they help you teach your students to write well? More importantly, how can they help your students focus on their strengths are writers? How can you develop a writing portfolio with each student, one that... -
Working with Wikipedia Grade 7-Grade 12This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation handout uses a high-stakes writing task and our favorite Internet source to increase student engagement in your classroom. Writing Wikipedia articles connects students with a real audience and demands attention... -
Write Now! Kindergarten-Grade 8This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation answers questions such as how you help strugglers as well as high-achievers reach new heights in their writing. -
Writing Workshop Mini-Lessons—the Easy Way to Teach Writing! Kindergarten-Grade 8This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation previews the Writing Toolkit, a collection of ready-to-use mini-lessons to help teachers provide instruction in Writing Workshops. This tool is part of the Pathways Language Arts curriculum. Whether or not you...