Writing

Resources for Writing Instruction

 * Web**

National Writing Project [|http://www.nwp.org/] Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Six Traits+1 Writing [] Writing Workshop teacher-friendly site [] Saint Paul Public School science notebooks resources [] Teaching writing using web 2.0 tools, []


 * Professional literature**

Donald Graves (Writing Process Laboratory of the University of New Hampshire) //Writing: Teachers & Children at Work// (Heinemann, 1983) Lucy McCormick Calkins, founding director of Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, //The Art of Teaching Writing (//1986) Nancy Atwell, Center for Teaching and Learning, Maine, //In the Middle// (1987) Rosanne Kurstedt, //Teaching Writing with Picture Books as Models// (Scholastic, 2000) Judy Davis and Sharon Hill, //The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing// (Heinemann, 2003) Carl Anderson, Assessing Writers (Heinemann, 2005) Katie Wood Ray, //The Writing Workshop: Working through the Hard Parts// (National Council of Teachers of English, 2001) Charles A. MacArthur //Handbook of Writing Research// (The Guilford Press, 2005)


 * Other resources**

Examples of St. Paul Schools grade 6 writing units
 * //SPPS units of study by genre// [[file:spps units for writing.pdf]]
 * //Collage essay// [[file:collage essay unit 4-6.doc]]
 * //Poetry// (file source: NYC Region 10 Accelerated Literacy Project) [[file:Poetry_gr6-8_v3.1.pdf]]