Durham Public Schools and NC Write: A District-Wide Literacy Initiative

NC Write & Durham Public Schools: A District-Wide Literacy Initiative

Trish Martin, Ed.D.

DPS Comprehensive Literacy Framework

The goal of all literacy

instructionThe 5 Pillars of

Literacy

The 5 Strands of the Common Core

Literacy Anchor Standards

Curricular Areas that provide

literacy development

opportunities for college and career

readiness.

Learners Communicating Effectively through Writing

Incorporating Writing with:• 21st Century Learning• Reading Informational Texts• Speaking and Listening• Language• Reading Literature

Within College & Career Ready

Curricular Areas including:• Science• Social Studies• Healthful Living• Mathematics• Arts Education• World Languages• Career & Tech Education• Literature

Action Steps

Learners Communicating

Effectively through Writing

Writing in Every Classroom Everyday

Support for Content Area

Teachers assigning and scoring writing

Writing for Learning

Training for All Teachers

PreK - 12

Six Traits Writing for

Grades 3 - 12

Differentiated Support for

Student Writing Improvement

District-Wide Integrated

Performance Tasks

• Online Practice Writing Tool for Students in Grades 2 - 12

• Argumentative, Informative/Explanatory, & Narrative Writing

• Instant holistic and trait scores using award-winning automated scoring technologies

• Immediate suggestions for grammar, spelling, and writing trait improvement

• Teacher/student feedback via electronic “sticky note” suggestions, instant messaging, and digital peer review

• Student writing portfolios and reports for progress monitoring

• Interactive student writing tutorials

Ready-Made & Custom Writing Prompts

Pre-packaged and teacher-created writing prompts with reading passages, images, and research links to support claims and ideas.

Advanced Graphic OrganizersDigital graphic organizers to help students plan and develop different types of writing.

Holistic AND Trait Scoring

Powered by PEG™, the nation’s leading automated essay-scoring

technology

First place in the Hewlitt Foundation ASAP X-Prize Competition

Creating and Submitting an Essay

Enter text directly or copy/paste from Word

Specific suggestions for improvement on each of the six traits of writing

Descriptive Feedback & Suggestions

Grammar and spelling feedback within the essay

Create and submit multiple drafts of an essay for revision

and editing

Multiple Drafts for Revision & Editing

Interactive Writing Lessons

Students receive links to suggested writing trait lessons and grammar exercises based on their individual writing needs

Peer Review Process

Student Writing Portfolio

Easily access all essay drafts and

view score averages

Access messages sent by the instructor

View instructor scores for content

accuracy and textual evidence

Teacher Scoring Tool

In the student score report, teachers can select the number of stars that correspond with the appropriate score point and add feedback in the comment box.

Teachers can score student essays for Textual Evidence (Standard 8 and 9) & Content Accuracy (Standards 1,2,8,& 9) using 0-3 scoring rubrics provided.

Students can view the score and feedback through their writing portfolio.

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