Writing Matters

Writing Matters provides teachers with powerful new ways to improve student outcomes in writing.

• Upper elem. and middle school writing curriculum consisting of a series of four to six week units, addressing specific genres
  
• Original content and interactive technology
  
• Comprehensive professional development
  
• Assessment and curriculum are closely aligned to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and NYS Learning Standards
  
• Recommended by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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Writing Success for Digital Natives

Writing Matters is grounded in best practice in writing instruction, drawing from extensive research. Our content was developed in collaboration with nationally recognized author-educators, including Heather Lattimer and Georgia Heard, bringing best practice to life in the form of lessons and activities enhanced by 21st century tools.

Additional Information:

• About the Genres / Unit Overviews
• Sample Unit - Writing Editorials
  (through Curriki)

Professional Development

Comprehensive training is at the core of Writing Matters, incorporating off-site institutes and on-site coaching. The coaching cycle covers needs assessment and instructional planning; while the in-class focus is on instructional strategy, classroom management and assessment strategies, including assessment of student work relative to desired outcomes.

Additional Information:

• Writing Matters Teacher Institutes
• The Research Basis for Writing Matters
• Common Core Standards

Interactive Learning

Online, students share and discuss their work collaboratively, accessing their online classroom from school or home. Using targeted, ongoing performance data, teachers offer just-in-time online feedback and track student progress. At the end of each unit, students logon and become online published writers, ready to master another genre.

Additional Information:

• Demo the Online Classroom
• Free Publishing Tools