WHAT ARE THE MAIN UNITS IN THE STEP-BY-STEP® WRITING PROGRAM?
✓ WRITING PROCESS
WHY STEP-BY-STEP WRITING®?
Scaffolding through the writing process continues to be an effective and successful approach to teach writing. Every lesson builds upon the previous skill within one piece of writing. This provides students with a thorough understanding of how to put a quality piece of writing together. It helps even the most reluctant writers become ROCKSTAR WRITERS™! One proven study shows that 98% of two classes using the program scored in the exceptional range on state testing. Now thousands of teachers are having the same success.
This resource is packed with research-based ways to MOTIVATE-EDUCATE-DIFFERENTIATE! You will find your students engaged, have already prepped lessons for explicit teaching, and receive jammin’ ideas for differentiation.
WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THE STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® PROGRAM for GOOGLE AND POWERPOINT?
1. LESSON PLANS with Editable PACING GUIDE: It has SCRIPTED lesson plans and ideas, links to the GOOGLE resources, and answer keys. No more guessing on what to say!
2. ANCHOR CHARTS: There are anchor charts to teach every skill.
3. DIGITAL INTERACTIVE NOTE-TAKING: They are included for every skill. They are fill-in-the-box notes.
4. INTERACTIVE PRACTICE: There is practice for many of the mini-lessons. They have text boxes for answers. These are great for independent work and homework.
5. SELF-CHECK PRACTICE 1: It needs to be placed in presentation mode. Students click the answers and it automatically tells them if they are right or wrong. If it is wrong, it goes back to the question. (It does not track and report the right and wrong answers.) SELF-CHECK PRACTICE 2 C.U.P.S FOR EDITING.: It is set up the same as the other SELF-CHECK PRACTICE. There are 16 questions per skill (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling). You will find this in each of the essay units.
6. MENTOR TEXT: There is an original mentor text with each skill highlighted within the text. There is also a suggested list of books for mentor text.
7. MODEL AND APPLY: For each lesson, there is a model of that skill that builds into an effective essay. You will have what you need to build an essay with your students. There is also a place for students to apply that skill to build their essay.
8. ASSESSMENT: There is an assessment of skills at the end of the following units: Sentence Structure, Paragraph Writing, Narrative Writing, Opinion Writing, Informative Writing.
9. FORMS AND RESOURCES: Checklists (writing, elements, Common Core), rubrics, tracking forms, spelling dictionary, student resource guide, word lists, writing goals, reflection (PEER AND SELF) forms, word choice thesaurus, final copy templates.
10. PROMPTS AND WEEKLY WRITING GUIDE: There are additional prompts and a weekly guide to writing. For Opinion and Informative Writing, there are PROMPT PASSAGES.
WHAT MINI LESSONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR-LONG STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® PROGRAM?
Start off with brainstorming ideas for the year! There is an interest inventory and interactive pages for (I love, I wonder, My Family, My feelings).
1. Simple Sentences (Learning about Subjects, Pronouns, Predicates)
2. Subjects and Predicates together
3. Compound Sentences with FANBOYS chart
1. Topic Sentences
2. Indents
3. Relevant Details
4. Closing Sentences
5. Using a Paragraph Graphic Organizer
WRITING PROCESS
There are posters as well as a lesson for the writing process.
1. Narrative Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorming
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers for Narrative Writing
4. Writing an Introduction (Character, Setting, Plot)
5. Writing a Body (Includes Power of 3, Suspense, Climax)
6. Character Traits
7. How to Use Dialogue (for 3rd Grade and Differentiation in other grades)
8. Writing a Conclusion
9. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
10. How to Form a Writing Goal
11. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
12. How to Write a Rockin’ Beginning (Strong Leads)
13. Using Transition Words
14. Word Choice -Million Dollar Words- (higher-level for differentiation)
15. How to Write a Jammin’ Conclusion
16. How to Craft a Title
17. CUPS to Edit
18. Editing Capitalization
19. Editing Usage
20. Editing Punctuation
21. Editing Spelling
22. Rules for Peer Reflections
23. Writing a Final Copy
1. Opinion Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers
4. Writing an Introduction
5. Writing a Body (Power of 3, facts and details)
6. How to Strengthen Opinions
7. Writing a Conclusion
8. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
9. How to Plan a Writing Goal
10. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
11. How to Write a Rockin’ Beginning (Strong Leads)
12. Using Transition Words
13. Adding Key Words and Phrases
14. How to Write a Jammin’ Conclusion
15. How to Craft a Title
16. C.U.P.S. to Edit
17. Editing Capitalization
18. Editing Usage
19. Editing Punctuation
20. Editing Spelling
21. Rules for Peer Reflections
22. Writing a Final Copy
1. Informative Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers
4. Organization Structures
5. Writing an Introduction
6. Writing a Body (facts and details)
7. How to Take Notes, Avoid Plagiarism, Citing Sources (the primary way)
8. Writing a Conclusion
9. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
10. How to Plan a Writing Goal
11. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
12. How to Write a Rockin’ Beginning (Strong Leads)
13. Using Transition Words
14. Adding Key Words
15. How to Write a Jammin’ Conclusion
16. How to Craft a Title
17. CUPS to Edit
18. Editing Capitalization
19. Editing Usage
20. Editing Punctuation
21. Editing Spelling
22. Graphics/ Heading/ Picture Captions
23. Table of Contents and Glossary
24. Rules for Peer Reflections
25. Writing a Final Copy
READ FIRST FILE- SET UP AND RESOURCES
★ Support: Exclusive access to my email and Step-by-Step Writing® Facebook Group
★ Getting Ready
★ Preparations
★ Order of Skills
★ Writing Workshop Schedule
★ Steps for each lesson
★ Techniques for Teaching Writing
★ Mini-Lesson Instructions
★ Decorating notebook (Including student handout)
★ Portfolio Labels
★ Portfolio Message to Parents
★ Quick Notebook Check Rubric
★ Presentation Rubric
★ Writing Workshop Rules
★ Teacher Binder Cover Pages for each section
★ ROCKSTAR WRITERS™ completion award
What happens if you don’t have confidence in teaching writing?
No problem! After 26 years teaching in the classroom, a Masters Degree and National Board Certification, I now serve as a writing coach and curriculum designer. I created this all-inclusive STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® program to share my SECRET TO WRITING SUCCESS. I offer an exclusive Facebook Group to anyone with this writing program. It will guide and support you through a year of writing. If you are interested in detailed training, I also offer ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Writing is my jam!
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