THE+WRITING+CENTER

[|**Resources Overview**] - Links: Elementary, middle, and high school instructional materials; grammar and writing style guides, including writing tutorials, writing tips, and grammar activities; dictionaries and thesauruses; MLA documentation guides; and ELL instructional materials, including writing and grammar tips. **Elementary School Home** - Reqired writing curriculum; Pacing calendar for Scott Foresman Reading integrated with grammar PASS standards; ELL elementary instructional links; Oklahoma State Department of Education assessment links
 * The Writing Center**, an online writing lab, is a resource center for teachers, students, and parents.

[|**Elem. Writing Rubrics**] **-** Writing rubrics for grades K-5 - Correlated to PASS and OCCT Writing Assessment - Rubrics for each mode of writing required by PASS: narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, reflective, response to literature, research, report, etc. [|**Elementary Writing Traits**] **-** Resources (PowerPoints, activities, etc.) for each of the traits: Ideas and Development; Organization, Unity, and Coherence, Word Choice, Sentences and Paragraphs, and Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics ** Middle School Home ** **-** Curriculum, Instructional Resources, and Assessment; ; ELL Links [|**Mid. Sch. Writing Rubrics**] **-** Writing rubrics for grades 6-8 - Correlated to PASS and OCCT Writing Assessment - Rubrics for each mode of writing required by PASS: narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, reflective, response to literature, research, report, etc. [|**Mid. Sch. Writing Traits**] **-** Each writing trait -- Ideas and Development; Organization and Unity, Word Choice, Sentences and Paragraphs, Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics -- heads a list of resources including PowerPoints, activities, organizational charts, etc. ** High School Home ** - Curriculum, Instructional Resources, and Assessment; Oklahoma State Department of Education Links; ELL Links

[|**High Sch. Writing Rubrics**] **-** Writing rubrics for grades 9-12 - Correlated to PASS and EOI Writing Assessment - Rubrics for each mode of writing required by PASS: narrative, descriptive, expository, compare/contrast, how-to, persuasive, reflective, response to literature, documented research paper, etc. [|**High Sch. Writing Traits**] **-** Ideas and Development; Organization, Unity, and Coherence; Word Choice; Sentences and Paragraphs; and Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Resources for teaching these writing traits include PowerPoints, activities, organizational charts, outlines, etc. [|**Writing about Literature**] - The connection between reading and writing is the focus of this page, which includes sections on 6th, 7th, and 8th grade reading/writing workshop activities; writing about tone; writing about archetypal images; argumentation and rhetoric; character analysis; writing about poetry; and many other genre-related activities.