Writing Resources

Writing Scoring Guides

• Grade 4 - Conventions; Content, Organization, and Style
• Grade 7 - Conventions; Content, Organization, and Style
• High School - Conventions; Content, Organization, and Style

Writing Checklists

• Grade 4 Checklists: Writing to Tell a Story; Writing to Explain
• Grade 7 Checklists: Writing to Explain; Writing to Persuade
• High School Checklists: Writing to Explain; Writing to Persuade

Additional Writing Scoring Support Materials

• Multiple Grade Levels:
  • Scoring - Special Codes
  • Approaches to Explain
  • Markings for Content, Organization, and Style: Writing to Explain
  • Markings for Content, Organization, and Style: Writing to Persuade

• Grade 4
  • Approaches to Tell a Story
  • Types of Elaboration: To Tell a Story
  • Types of Elaboration: To Explain
  • Markings for Conventions
  • Markings for Content, Organization, and Style: Writing to Tell a Story

• Grade 7
  • Techniques to Persuade
  • Types of Elaboration: To Explain
  • Types of Elaboration: To Persuade
  • Markings for Conventions

• High School
  • Techniques to Persuade
  • Types of Elaboration: To Explain
  • Types of Elaboration: To Persuade
  • Markings for Conventions