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 New
and Improved!!
Writing with
Style Manual
The most
comprehensive support for writing instruction in PUSD is now available
on-line. Thanks to the hard work of excellent PUSD English teachers,
the manual underwent a MAJOR revision in the summer of 2002.
Support
for District and State Writing Assessments
Find
information about the different genres to be tested at each grade.
Practice prompts are available.
Word
Study and Spelling Instruction
Students explore how
words work in our language. In the primary grades the focus may be on
phonemic awareness and phonics. Word study in the upper grades focuses
on word meanings and derivations to help build vocabulary.
Professional
Resources
to Support Writing Instruction
Find out what books and articles teachers in PUSD are reading to help
build a knowledge base in effective writing instruction.
Links to Support Effective Writing Instruction
Standards for Written Language
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"Writing
is the most disciplined form of thinking. It allows us to be
precise, to stand back and examine what we have thought, to
see what our words really mean,
to see if they stand up to our
critical eye, to see if they make sense and can be understood
by others."
by Donald Murray
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