Differentiating Instruction
Differentiating Writing Instruction
Writing Resources for Individualizing Instruction:
I Can Cards from the Lesson Plan Diva
Reading Rockets Growing Writers: In these video segments, you’ll meet Shana Sterkin, a third grade teacher at Springhill Lake Elementary School in Greenbelt, Maryland. Sterkin brings her training with the National Writing Project into her classroom each day. It all begins with the understanding that they are a community of writers (including Miss Sterkin herself) and that the ultimate goal of writing is to share your ideas with others.
Individualizing Writing Assignments: Using Focused Correction Areas
Six Traits of Writing Resources
6+1 Trait® Definitions
- Ideas, the main message;
- Organization, the internal structure of the piece;
- Voice, the personal tone and flavor of the author’s message;
- Word Choice, the vocabulary a writer chooses to convey meaning;
- Sentence Fluency, the rhythm and flow of the language;
- Conventions, the mechanical correctness; and
- Presentation, how the writing actually looks on the page.
Building the Six Traits of Writing Poster from WritingFix.com
Activities for Six Traits of Writing
Rubrics
Common Core Writing Rubrics from Asbury Park Schools
Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing Unit with Graphic Organizers, Mentor Texts, and Writing Samples
Opinion Writing Lesson with Graphic Organizer for “Hey, Little Ant”