Focused Writing: An Elementary Writing Process

Take a two-minute tour of Focused Writing! Features of Focused Writing: Researched-based writing process. Teacher guide contains 36 writing assignments for grades K-8. Assignments are divided into three skills levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced (total of 108 different assignments). Assignments cover a wide range of writing genres. Each assignment consists of five parts: assignment overview, author and audience, form, procedure, and suggested focus skills. Each writing assignment takes the students through six steps of the writing process: prewriting, writing the first draft, revising, editing/proofreading, assessing, and publishing. For each writing assignment, students work on a few specific skills, called focus skills, in the following categories: content, organization, style, conventions, format, and challenge. The use of focus skills helps students improve their writing one skill at a time so they are not overwhelmed by the writing process. Writing assignments can be as individualized as needed. The self-assessment rubric allows students to look at their own writing, evaluate it, comment on it, and learn from it. Teacher guide contains over sixty mini-lessons to help build the skills necessary to become a proficient writer. Teacher guide contains samples and reproducibles that are needed to implement the program. Teacher guide contains descriptors of 45 focus skills used in the process. Sample: View Focused Writing Sample