Bethalto's New Writing Workshop

Our new writing workshop units will:

• help you teach opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing with increasing complexity and sophistication
• unpack the Common Core writing standards as you guide students to attain and exceed those expectations
• foster high-level thinking, including regular chances to synthesize, analyze, and critique
• develop and refine strategies for writing across the curriculum
• support greater independence and fluency through intensive writing opportunities
• include strategic performance assessments to help monitor mastery and differentiate instruction
• provide a ladder of exemplar texts that model writing progressions across grades K–8