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Ninth & Tenth Grade Writing
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**Scope and Sequence Writing Guides are now named Ninth-Tenth Grade Guidance for Designing Literacy Tasks  and can be found on the Grade Level Home Page.
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Standards #1 - #3: Text Types and Purpose
Standard #1
(Argument)

All About Standard 1
ISBE Strategies
 Standard #2
(Informative/Explanatory)

All About Standard 2
ISBE Strategies
Standard #3
(Narrative)

All About Standard 3    
ISBE Strategies
Mentor Text Resources

Standards #4 - #6: Production and Distribution of Writing
ISBE: The Writing Process
Standard #4
(Develop & Organize Writing)
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All About Standard 4
ISBE Strategies
Standard #5
(Develop & Strengthen Writing)

All About Standard 5
ISBE Strategies
Standard #6
(Use Technology)

All About Standard 6
ISBE Strategies

Standards #7 - #9: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Standard #7
(Conduct Research)

All About Standard 7
ISBE Strategies
Standard #8
(Gather Relevant Information)

All About Standard 8
ISBE Strategies
Standard #9
(Draw Evidence)

All About Standard 9
ISBE Strategies

Standard #10
(Write Routinely)

​All About Standard 10​
ISBE Strategies
Writing Time Pamphlet
​Routine Writing Toolbox
Summarizing and Note Taking Strategies

 

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Professional Development Resources
Writing Guidance
  • Suggested Professional Development Books
  • Research Resource for Grades 9-12: The Big 6
​​Adolescent Literacy
  • Arguments
  • Writing an Argument
  • Inference and Informational Text
  • Explanatory Writing Part 1
  • Explanatory Writing Part 2 ​
  • Understanding Craft and Structure, Part I 
  • Understanding Craft and Structure, Part II
  • Author's Purpose: Analyzing and Adapting Texts
  • Living Wax Museum: Researching and Portraying
  • Soliloquy to Love: Writing Soliloquies
Websites
  • NCTE Writing Resources
  • New York Times: 200 Prompts for Writing Arguments
  • Plagiarism Detector
  • Purdue OWL: Online Writing Lab - Search for a plethora of resources. 
  • ASCD: Teaching Argument Writing to ELLs​
  • Pro-Con - Controversial Issues to use in Argument Writing
  • Kelly Gallagher's Article of the Week - Resources to Write Using Current Events
  • Citation Machine: An interactive web tool for formatting works cited (bibliographies). Supports both MLA and APA formats. 
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