Our Writing Curriculum is based on the Illinois Standards and the Six Traits of Writing.

*The Earl Hanson Stages of Writing were modeled after stages shared by Jane Addams School in Palentine, IL

We sometimes work in small groups and use various quality tools such as: brainstorming, affinity, and lotus diagram.

We often use our writer's handbook, when we are working on a piece of writing.

Dictionaries and a thesaurus are always available to us.

We often use the Internet to find information on their writing topic. Sometimes we highlight, take notes, and record information in our journals.  We also use the computer to publish our final writing pieces.

  Word Processing

Internet Searches

Note Taking

In our writing portfolio we have lots of tools to help us to improve.

v   Our personal goals and PDSA

v   My Chart of Writing Progress

v   Word Wall and Personal Word Lists

v   The 6 Trait Rubric

v   Our Writing in Progress

Our Writing Expectations

Our Writing Stages

Writing PDSA-Goals

Our Personal Stages of Writing

We often work in pairs or conference with a teacher to make revisions in our writing pieces.

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