for Edmond Public Schools
"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make." Truman Capote
The Writing Center, an online writing lab, is a resource center for teachers, students, and parents.
Resources Overview - Links: Elementary, middle, and high school instructional materials; grammar and writing style guides, including writing tutorials, writing tips, and grammar activities; dictionaries and thesauruses; MLA documentation guides; and ELL instructional materials, including writing and grammar tips.
Elementary School Home - Reqired writing curriculum; Pacing calendar for Scott Foresman Reading integrated with grammar PASS standards; ELL elementary instructional links; Oklahoma State Department of Education assessment links
Elem. Writing Rubrics - Writing rubrics for grades K-5 - Correlated to PASS and OCCT Writing Assessment - Rubrics for each mode of writing required by PASS: narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, reflective, response to literature, research, report, etc.
Elementary Writing Traits - Resources (PowerPoints, activities, etc.) for each of the traits: Ideas and Development; Organization, Unity, and Coherence, Word Choice, Sentences and Paragraphs, and Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Middle School Home - Curriculum, Instructional Resources, and Assessment; Oklahoma State Department of Education Links; ELL Links
Mid. Sch. Writing Rubrics - Writing rubrics for grades 6-8 - Correlated to PASS and OCCT Writing Assessment - Rubrics for each mode of writing required by PASS: narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, reflective, response to literature, research, report, etc.
Mid. Sch. Writing Traits - Each writing trait -- Ideas and Development; Organization and Unity, Word Choice, Sentences and Paragraphs, Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics -- heads a list of resources including PowerPoints, activities, organizational charts, etc.
High School Home - Curriculum, Instructional Resources, and Assessment; Oklahoma State Department of Education Links; ELL Links
High Sch. Writing Rubrics - Writing rubrics for grades 9-12 - Correlated to PASS and EOI Writing Assessment - Rubrics for each mode of writing required by PASS: narrative, descriptive, expository, compare/contrast, how-to, persuasive, reflective, response to literature, documented research paper, etc.
High Sch. Writing Traits - Ideas and Development; Organization, Unity, and Coherence; Word Choice; Sentences and Paragraphs; and Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Resources for teaching these writing traits include PowerPoints, activities, organizational charts, outlines, etc.
Writing about Literature - The connection between reading and writing is the focus of this page, which includes sections on 6th, 7th, and 8th grade reading/writing workshop activities; writing about tone; writing about archetypal images; argumentation and rhetoric; character analysis; writing about poetry; and many other genre-related activities.