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> Description of Elementary Writing Program

Chart:  Spokane Public Schools Writing Program
Chart:  Teaching Strategies

> K-6 Revised Writing Targets (2000)

> The Writing Process

Overview of the Writing Process - OSPI
Process Writing:  Description
Process Writing and the Traits of Quality Writing

> Traits of Quality Writing

Six Traits of Quality Writing - NWREL - Intermediate
Scoring Guide for the Five Traits of Quality Writing - Spokane Public Schools
Traits of Quality Writing - NWREL - Primary Version
Thinking Like a Writer - Primary Version
Scoring Guide for the Six Traits of Quality Writing - NWREL Primary Version
What to Look and Listen for . . What You Could Say
Books and Lessons
Developmental Stages of Writing in Beginning Writers - NWREL

> Text Forms:  Narrative and Expository

Chart of Narrative and Expository Forms
Overview of the Main Categories of Text Forms - OSPI
Overview of the Major Forms of Writing - First Steps
Writing an Imaginative Narrative
Writing a Recount
Writing a Procedure
Writing a Report
Writing an Explanation
Writing an Exposition
Description

> Forms and Features of Text:  A Resource for Intentional Teaching OSPI Document

Introduction
Text Forms and Formats
Text Features
Examples of Techniques Authors Use to Engage Readers

> Teaching Approaches

Teaching Strategies
Suggested Steps to Teach a Form of Writing
Stages of Spelling Development

> Resources

Editing Bookmarks
Book Lists for Teaching Writing