“The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.”
--A.B. Yehoshua
Writers write.
In order to improve your skills and meet the high expectations of your teachers, you need to WRITE DELIBERATELY: take your time to understand the assignment, stay focused, and be open to feedback.
Whether you are writing a research report for your social studies class, creating a project for your science teacher, or writing an essay for your language arts benchmark, you will find the answers to your most common writing questions here.
As stated in the Common Core State Standards, “For students, writing is a key means of asserting and defending claims, showing what they know about a subject, and conveying what they have experienced, imagined, thought, and felt. To be college and career-ready writers, students must take task, purpose, and audience into careful consideration, choosing words, information, structure, and formats deliberately. They need to know how to combine elements of different kinds of writing- for example, to use narrative strategies within argument and explanation within narrative- to produce complex and nuanced writing” (41).
Use this handbook as an interactive resource to help you become a college and career-ready writer.
If you have a question, please let your teachers know. This is just one resource at your fingertips—use all that are available to you.
Sincerely,
Your Thurston Teachers
Incorporating Quotes: Informational & Argument Writing
Incorporating Quotes: Response to Literature
IQIA -How to Construct a Short Response
MLA Formatting & Sharing (Google Doc)
Essay Rubrics (4 Writing Types)
Strength Finder