http://www.bayareawritingproject.org

The Bay Area Writing Project is the founding site of the National Writing Project. For over 30 years, BAWP has been a vital resource for teachers and schools in the Bay Area, not only in the teaching of writing but also as a model of professional development, teacher leadership and reform. This website posts announcements of upcoming professional development workshops and series.

http://www.bayareawritingproject.org/garciagonzalez/

Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez's web blog designed for Oakland and West Contra Costa elementary teachers. This site includes handouts and resources about the teaching of writing. You can download the materials Rebeca uses in staff development, read about the pedagogy involved in writing instruction, and inform yourself of important events.

http://www.calstate.edu/eap/scoring_guides_and_rubrics.shtml

The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is a collaborative effort to ensure that college-bound high-school graduates have the English and mathematics skills expected by the state university. The EAP has three components: early testing, the opportunity for additional preparation in the 12th grade, and professional development activities for high school English and mathematics teachers. This link takes you to the writing topics on the 11th grade assessments, rubrics and scoring guides. Open each topic and you can see examples of student writing at each score point of the rubric.

http://www.ncte.org/prog/writing

The National Council of Teachers of English Writing Initiative website includes a Writing Plans Database where teachers engage in a dialogue about writing instruction. On this site you will also find research about writing instruction. The larger NCTE website has loads of resources and information for English language arts teachers.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html - the original owl site

The Owl at Purdue Online Writing Lab offers a plethora of resources for classroom teachers and students. On this site you will find handouts about general writing concerns, grammar, research and documenting sources, writing across the curriculum and more. Teachers can also download Powerpoint presentations on a variety of writing topics.

http://www.writingfix.com/

WritingFix is organized around the 6 traits of writing. The 6-Trait model is an analytic way of thinking about writing skills. It helps give developing writers a vocabulary so they can identify and talk about their personal strengths as writers. It also helps them develop a vocabulary for talking about where their writing might benefit from some further rethinking and revision. The WritingFix website is dedicated to giving students and teachers a better ability to use 6-Trait language in the classroom.