Writing+Across+the+Content+Areas

Social Studies
[|History Fix]
 * A collection of history-inspired writing activities/lessons. Also includes a social studies R.A.F.T. builder.

[|Toward Disciplinary Writing in History: Preparing the Next Generation]
 * The American Historical Association makes a case for teaching writing in history classes.

[|Writing to Learn History]
 * A chapter describing how a high school history teacher in Seattle incorporates writing.

[|Writing Activities for Social Science]
 * A teacher's list of writing activities for social studies.

Math
[|Number Fix]
 * Includes classroom examples, text-inspired lessons, and other creative ways to weave writing into a math class. (I especially like the digital math word problems.)

[|Reading and Writing Mathematics]
 * Focused on middle school, but applicable to high school. A rationale and resource list for infusing reading and writing in a math class.

[|Defeating My Arch Nemesis: Using Writing to Learn Math]
 * A blog post recounting how writing in math provided the author with a venue for a success. Here's a related [|link] to an interview of Eastern Illinois University's president, who also taught math.

Science
[|Science Fix]
 * Ideas for engaging and creative activities to get your students to write in science class.

[|Science Writing Prompts]
 * A long list of writing prompts related to science AND each prompt comes with a video!

[|Common Core Standards: Writing in Science]
 * A high school science teacher explains how she made writing a regular part of her science curriculum.

[|Creative Writing in Science Class]
 * A description of ways to engage students with creative writing tasks in science.

Health/PE
[|Writing Prompts for Physical Education - esu4sixtraitwriting]
 * A document with writing prompts that could be assigned in a P.E. class.

[|Writing Fits in with P.E.]
 * Focused on elementary, but many of the ideas could be adapted for higher grades.

[|Literacy and P.E.]
 * A P.E. teacher explains some interesting ways to have students write in P.E.

[|Common Core Resources for P.E. Teachers]
 * A LiveBinder collection of Common Core and literacy resources to be used in P.E.

[|Common Core and PE]
 * A sort of humorous video about how to integrate Common Core into P.E. -- The CC material starts at 3:00 min.

Foreign Language
[|Foreign Language Writing Prompts]
 * A list of prompts that could be used in foreign language classes.

[|Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Writing]
 * A professional development module teaching the how and why of writing in a FL class.

Language Links
 * A large repository of ideas and resources for FL teachers.

Music
[|Using Favorite Songs as Prompts]
 * How to use songs as writing inspiration

[|Creative Writing Prompts for Music Lovers]
 * A list of prompts related to music.

[|Incorporating Writing in the Content Area]
 * Scroll to the bottom of the page to find a description of a writing task in an instrumental music class.

[|Writing Prompts to Support Common Core]
 * Scroll down to page 8 for a number of writing prompts

Career and Technical
[|Writing Technical Instructions]
 * A lesson plan and worksheets to guide students through the process of writing technical instructions.

[|Technical Writing Lesson Ideas]
 * A list of several lessons/activities to help students with technical writing.

[|Basics of Technical Writing]
 * A presentation that explains the characteristics of high quality technical writing. Could be used to generate assessment tools.

[|Examples of Technical Writing]
 * More ideas of activities students can do to learn/practice technical writing.

[|How to Write a Technical Manual]
 * A presentation that outlines the parts of a technical manual.