WOC Resources

NEW Blog–Kill Two Birds With One Stone–Pull in Writing Instruction During Reading Instruction (March 2026)

NEW Blog–Idiom Stories help students with the ATLAS writing test in so many  ways and take up so very little instructional time! (March 2026)

NEW Blog--Where to Start When Winter Interim Writing Scores Are Disappointing (February 2026)

NEW Yes MAAM, You Help Students Elaborate, But No MAAM, You're Not Enough (February 2026)

NEW Understanding Your Writing Interim Scores--What Are They Telling You?

Kill Two Birds With One Stone--Read then Write (Ditch Your Study Guide and Do This Instead!) (September 2025)

Okay--so I've decided to implement WOC. What's next? (September 2025)

What's Thinking Got to do With It? (September 2025)

When a Dash Forces Your Down a Rabbit Hole (April 2025)

The Anatomy of a Paragraph (November 2024)

Narrative Length--How to Get your Students to Write More (October 2024)

What Can We Learn From One Who Grows Writers? (October 2024)

Turning Students into Writers (August 2024)

Curiosity May Have Killed the Cat, But It May Just Secure An Accurate ATLAS Reading Score Too  (March 2024)

In Defense of Teaching Zeugma (March 2024)

Reading and Writing Are Intricately Connected (February 2024)

Introduction to Writing on Command

NEW  Writing on Command's Four Point Approach to Growing Strong Writers

Writing on Command Teacher Manual 2023--Techniques Organized By Effect 

Writing on Command Teacher Manual 2024--Techniques Organized By Grade Level 

How to Play the Catch Up Game 

Quick & Easy To Use Narrative Rubric      

 Quick & Easy to Use  Informative Rubric      

Quick & Easy to Use Argumentative Rubric