Writing+Assignments


 * Examples of Writing across the Curriculum from Teachers**

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/12090/Melinda_Cofield_El_Paso_Times.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d - Math teacher

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/12211/Evangelina_Rogers_El_Paso_Times.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d - Writing consultant

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/10526/genre_social_studies.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d - Social studies teacher

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3658 - Science writing


 * Strategies for Incorporating Writing in Content Classes**

http://www.sdesa6.org/content/docs/BringWritingintoContentAreaClass080808.pdf - Bringing writing into content area classrooms http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/languagearts/secondary/writing/writinghandbook.pdf - Comprehensive handbook for writing across the curriculum in high school http://www.ttms.org/PDFs/06%20Writing%20Across%20the%20Curriculum%20v001%20(Full).pdf - Teacher-friendly professional development handbook


 * Purposes for Writing**

This concept map includes just a few of the reasons people/students/teachers might write. What could you add to the chart? What are the most common purposes for writing in your subject area?




 * Designing a Writing Task**



Questions to ask yourself: 1. How could writing support student learning in this particular lesson/unit/class? 2. How could writing allow students to demonstrate their learning in this particular lesson/unit/class? 3. What is the writing task? (In response to an answer to one of the questions above) 4. What is the end product? 5. Who will be the audience? (e.g. peers, self, the teacher, others outside the classroom?) 6. What is the process for accomplishing this task? What kind of support will students need in the process? (e.g. models, clear directions, feedback on drafts, instruction on the genre, technological tools, peer-feedback, etc.) 7. How will the task be assessed? What is the criteria for assessment?

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/835/How_to_Practically_Guarantee_Poor_Student_Writing.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d - How to Practically Guarantee Poor Writing

http://writingfix.com/process/prewrite.htm - Ideas for prewriting


 * Giving Feedback**

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2868 - Praise, Question, Wish http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2187 - Class writing groups