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The Writing Center
for
Elementary Schools

I would observe to you that what is called style in writing or speaking is formed very early in life while the imagination is warm and impressions are permanent.   Thomas Jefferson

Elementary Required Writing Curriculum - This chart illustrates the Oklahoma state PASS and Edmond district requirements for modes of writing by grade level.

Portfolio K-5 Content Checklist - Slide this handy checklist in front of each year's additional writing samples in the student's writing portfolio.  

The Write Source Website - Student writing models, MLA electronic documentation style, student writing publication site.

Write Source Writing Skills Correlation with PASS - PDF document matches grammar, usage, mechanics and writing skills at each grade level with Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills.

Write Source/Harcourt Correlation of Writing and Reading Objectives - Grades 1, 2
Write Source/Macmillan McGraw-Hill Correlation of Writing and Reading Objectives - Grades 3-5

 

 

ELL (English Language Learners) Links
ELL Writing, Grammar, and Teaching Links

Writing Across the Curriculum
Nonfiction Writing for Science

Oklahoma State Department
of Education

Scoring Procedures - OCCT Writing Assessment - This link details scoring procedures for the OCCT writing test. 


  OCCT Analytic Scoring Guide - This rubric is used on the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Writing Test to score each of the five analytic traits.
Example Papers - This link provides actual student responses to a previous year's prompt.  There are ten scored papers per analytic topic, ranging from score points 1-4.

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