Life is too short to read or write boring stories!
Right from the start you should write from the heart. Be inspired to read and write purposefully
~ P. Andega

 

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Guidelines for writing Compositions

Six Traits
of  Writing
IDEAS

ORGANIZATION

SENTENCE FLUENCY

VOICE

WORD CHOICE

CONVENTIONS


Click Here For A Kid FRIENDLY WRITING RUBRIC

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The Writing Process
 
PREWRITING
DRAFTING
REVISING
EDITING
PUBLISHING

Click Here
for a Writing
Word Puzzle

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Writing Practice

Practice makes perfect. Your first step to a winning streak for the STAAR is to practice. Click here for interactive TEA STAAR writing resources 




Test Taking Strategies Song

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Blank paper is an author's best friend

Author's Corner

Writing Spaces

Try to determine where you like to write, what tools you like to write with and what you like to write about and begin writing away!!

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The Bing!
         The Bang!        
The Bongo!

View this powerpoint to get some useful tips about writing a 5 paragraph essay using the writing strategy: The Bing!! The Bang!! and the Bongo !!
Click Here for powerpoint

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Writing Strategies

Good writers use various elaboration techniques to help add sparkle to their writing. They use such strategies as entertaining beginnings, similes, metaphor, dialogue, idioms, onomatopoeia, imagery, anecdotes, adverbs, action verbs and varied vocabulary.

Watch the funny video below about varying your word choices.

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Honor your Writing  
Video of Lucy Calkins  (Heineman Publishing)

Writing Portfolios are a good tool for helping you keep track of your writing growth, organize your references, and showcase your best writing pieces.  See List of suggested items for Your Writing Portfolio  Treasure Chest.

REFERENCE SHEETS

- Parts of Speech Chart

- Writing A to Z Chart
- Personal Design and Favorite Writing Quotes
- Kid Friendly Writing Rubric
- Elaboration Techniques Chart
- Six traits of Writing Chart
- CUPS Writing Checklist
- Writing Genre reference Chart
- Graphic Organizers
- Hamburger Paragraph
- Expository  Writing Sample reference (Mentor Text)
- Narrative Writing Sample reference ( Mentor Text)
- Writing Website Reference Sheet


WRITING SAMPLES
- Student Completed and Work in progress pieces
- Poetry pieces
- Narrative pieces
- Expository pieces