Grades 6-8
- Copyright: 2013
- Publisher: Heinemann
- Grade: K - 8
- Author: Lucy Calkins
3 grade-specific units of study - Are organized around the three types of writing mandated by the Common Core–argument, information, and narrative writing
- Lay out six weeks of instruction (16—18 sessions) in each unit
- Include all of the teaching points, minilessons, conferences, and small-group work needed to teach a comprehensive workshop curriculum
- Model Lucy and her colleagues’ carefully crafted teaching moves and language
If... Then... Curriculum: Assessment-Based Instruction, Grades 6—8 - Offers nine alternate units of study
- Presents if/then conferring scenarios that support targeted instruction and differentiation
Writing Pathways: Performance Assessments and Learning Progressions, 6—8 - Is organized around a 6—8 learning progression across argument, information, and narrative writing
- Includes performance assessments, student checklists, rubrics, and leveled writing exemplars
A Guide to the Common Core Writing Workshop, Grades 6—8 crystallizes the essential principles, methods, and structures of effective writing workshop instruction.
The Resources for Teaching Writing CD-ROM provides unit-specific print resources to support your teaching throughout the year.