Common Core Writing Standards
LiteracyTA provides writing skills that Common Core educators use to teach Common Core Writing Standards.
The Common Core literacy standards are the what. The skills below and the related eCoach discussions are the how. In the table below, you will find next to each Common Core writing standard practical skills, classroom resources, rich conversations and teaching ideas that move all students toward achieving Common Core standards!
Text Types and Purposes
W1
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
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Have fun writing a complete essay in a short amount of time.
Analyzing Research Prompts
Identify and isolate directive verbs, tasks, and sources in a research prompt.
Analyzing Text-Dependent Prompts
Break down writing prompts and tasks.
Argument Writing Plan
Write argument essays with our flexible writing plan.
Building a Reading and Writing Plan
Build an outline that organizes all parts in a writing task including the required textual details.
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Debate a Side
Take a side on an issue and support arguments with sound reasoning and evidence.
Integrating Sources
Use these templates to practice integrating sources into your writing.
One Minute Speech
Practice delivering formal presentations in one minute or less.
Problem and Solution Organizer
Keep track of problems and solutions in a text.
Taking Research Notes
Take research notes on various topics and record source information.
Timed Writing Process
Prepare for timed writing situations with an effective process.
W2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
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Have fun writing a complete essay in a short amount of time.
Analyzing Research Prompts
Identify and isolate directive verbs, tasks, and sources in a research prompt.
Analyzing Text-Dependent Prompts
Break down writing prompts and tasks.
Building a Reading and Writing Plan
Build an outline that organizes all parts in a writing task including the required textual details.
Cause and Effect Organizer
Keep track of cause and effect relationships in a text.
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Compare and Contrast Organizer
Keep track of ideas that are being compared and contrasted in a text.
Expanding Summary
Write about the main ideas in a text, adding more information with each new summary.
Informative Essay Writing Plan
Write informative and explanatory essays with our flexible writing plan.
Integrating Sources
Use these templates to practice integrating sources into your writing.
Online Portfolio
Build a website to showcase your work over a period of time.
Problem and Solution Organizer
Keep track of problems and solutions in a text.
Rhetorical Precis
Write a concise summary of an author's argument.
Source Summary
Summarize an author's argument/main ideas, key supporting details, text structure, and purpose.
Synthesizing Claims
Synthesize claims in a text in order to understand an author's central claim.
Taking Research Notes
Take research notes on various topics and record source information.
Timed Writing Process
Prepare for timed writing situations with an effective process.
Writing Abstracts
Practice writing concise summaries of scientific projects, research, and investigations.
W3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Analyzing Research Prompts
Identify and isolate directive verbs, tasks, and sources in a research prompt.
Analyzing Text-Dependent Prompts
Break down writing prompts and tasks.
Narrative Essay Writing Plan
Write narrative essays with confidence with our narrative essay writing plan.
Narrative Story Writing Plan
Write clear, organized stories with our Narrative Writing Plan.
Timed Writing Process
Prepare for timed writing situations with an effective process.
Production and Distribution of Writing
W4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Analyzing Text-Dependent Prompts
Break down writing prompts and tasks.
Argument Writing Plan
Write argument essays with our flexible writing plan.
Building a Reading and Writing Plan
Build an outline that organizes all parts in a writing task including the required textual details.
Email Etiquette
Learn how to communicate effectively with professional email templates.
Informative Essay Writing Plan
Write informative and explanatory essays with our flexible writing plan.
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Narrative Essay Writing Plan
Write narrative essays with confidence with our narrative essay writing plan.
Narrative Story Writing Plan
Write clear, organized stories with our Narrative Writing Plan.
Peer Review Groups
Work in small groups to edit and revise student writing.
Three Step Writing Process
Follow a step-by-step process for writing with sources that includes planning, revising, and editing.
Timed Writing Process
Prepare for timed writing situations with an effective process.
W5
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Argument Writing Plan
Write argument essays with our flexible writing plan.
Editing Marks
Use standard editing marks to identify and revise written work.
Informative Essay Writing Plan
Write informative and explanatory essays with our flexible writing plan.
Narrative Essay Writing Plan
Write narrative essays with confidence with our narrative essay writing plan.
Narrative Story Writing Plan
Write clear, organized stories with our Narrative Writing Plan.
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Peer Review Groups
Work in small groups to edit and revise student writing.
Three Step Writing Process
Follow a step-by-step process for writing with sources that includes planning, revising, and editing.
Timed Writing Process
Prepare for timed writing situations with an effective process.
W6
Use Technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Supporting Your Tech Initiatives: Technology in Your Standards
Bringing the Socrative Seminar to the 21st Century
Digitally Mark Texts and Take Notes Using Mobile Devices, Laptops, and PCs
Add LiteracyTA to Your Mobile Device
Facilitating On-line Collaboration and Argument Analysis with Google+ Hangout
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
W7
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Evaluating Sources
Use this handout to evaluate the credibility of print and online sources.
Six Organizers at a Glance
Select a graphic organizer to categorize main ideas in a text.
Synthesizing Claims
Synthesize claims in a text in order to understand an author's central claim.
Synthesizing Sources
Analyze and synthesize two or more sources in order to create new knowledge.
Taking Research Notes
Take research notes on various topics and record source information.
W8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital resources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Cause and Effect Organizer
Keep track of cause and effect relationships in a text.
Compare and Contrast Organizer
Keep track of ideas that are being compared and contrasted in a text.
Evaluating Sources
Use this handout to evaluate the credibility of print and online sources.
Four Square Organizer
Keep track of ideas or processes that have four features or steps.
Integrating Sources
Use these templates to practice integrating sources into your writing.
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Introducing Sources
Use these writing templates to practice introducing sources.
Problem and Solution Organizer
Keep track of problems and solutions in a text.
Six Organizers at a Glance
Select a graphic organizer to categorize main ideas in a text.
Synthesizing Sources
Analyze and synthesize two or more sources in order to create new knowledge.
W9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Argument Poster
Visually represent the main ideas or central argument in a text.
Building a Reading and Writing Plan
Build an outline that organizes all parts in a writing task including the required textual details.
Cause and Effect Organizer
Keep track of cause and effect relationships in a text.
Debate a Side
Take a side on an issue and support arguments with sound reasoning and evidence.
Fictional Character Web
Analyze main and subordinate characters in fictional stories and poetry.
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Integrating Sources
Use these templates to practice integrating sources into your writing.
Introducing Sources
Use these writing templates to practice introducing sources.
Six Organizers at a Glance
Select a graphic organizer to categorize main ideas in a text.
Socratic Seminar
Engage in a structured academic discussion that focuses on a text that has been read.
Story Summary Poster
Visually represent the main message or central theme in a story.
Synthesizing Sources
Analyze and synthesize two or more sources in order to create new knowledge.
Three Group Socratic Seminar
Work in teams of three to discuss a text and share ideas with all members in a Socratic circle.
Writing about Rhetorical Devices
Effectively write about rhetorical and literary devices with our IDEA Method.
