March+25

The only way to raise the quality of writing in a school district is to create, share, and celebrate specific criteria for that quality (trait) with everybody on a regular basis (227). ~Barry Lane~ Reviser’s Toolbox


 * learn techniques and tools for observing, analyzing, responding to, and evaluating writing
 * learn the purpose of and process for developing writing portfolios

=__A Common Language of Writing Assessment__=

Tracking growth, Formative, Summative, Portfolios, Self-assessment, Rubrics. Looking at Student Work, Daily Writing, Writing on Demand.
=__A Common Language to "Grow" Writing__=

6 Traits Explanations 6 Traits Posters from OWL (Online Writing Lab) [|Stems to Help Provide Trait Specific Feedback.pdf]

=__Scoring Writing__=

Analytic Scoring
__//Profiles//__ Condensed 6 Traits Rubric 6 Traits Scoring Practice Color-Coded Writing Rubric

Holistic Scoring
= = MEAP practice =**__What Can We Learn from Looking at Student Work?__**=

[|Protocol_for_Examining_Student_Work.docx]

Overmyer, M. __What Student Writing Teaches Us__ Portfolios : One District's Expectations Overview of Elementary Writing Portfolios =__Workshop Time__=

=__Homework__= Multi-genre Inquiry Projects Due Next Week!