Step Up to Writing Secondary Implementation Guide

Step Up to Writing provides research-validated, multisensory strategies proven to help students master informational/explanatory, narrative, and opinion writing. These strategies also foster development of critical thinking, reading comprehension, and listening and speaking skills help establish writing as a process rather than as an end product.

This Step Up to Writing Implementation Guide provides:

• Adaptable lesson plans following the program scope and sequence for grades 6-12, so that teachers can successfully teach the three forms of writing specified in the Common Core State Standards within a school year
• Guidelines for aligning Step Up strategies with 6 +1 Trait Writing and Writer's Workshop
• An assessment plan to assure that students are given the instruction they need at every grade level and level of skill
• Assessment forms for grades 6-12 to monitor the progress of an entire class or individual students
• Informational/explanatory, narrative, and argument writing strategies