Kentucky Department of Education

 

Analytical Writing
Whitaker Analytical Writing Instruction   Analytical writing is an especially important kind of writing to include in our K – 12 schools because it is often called for in post-secondary education, the workplace, service to the community and country, as well as in students' personal lives.  The mental skills involved in ... More

 

Analytical Writing Download Page
Analytical writing is an especially important kind of writing to include in our K – 12 schools because it is often called for in post-secondary education, the workplace, service to the community and country, as well as in students' personal lives.  The mental skills involved in analytical writing help students develop ... More

 

Cluster Leader Electronic Messages
Messages for Kentucky Cluster Leaders will be posted here. 2008October 2008SeptemberSummerMayAprilFebruary 2007FebruaryMarch/AprilMaySummerSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember/January 2007-2008 2006September Special EditionSeptember UpdateOctoberNovemberDecember

 

Fact Sheet - Reconsidering Myths Surrounding Writing Instruction and Assessment in Kentucky
This document identifies and discusses common myths related to writing instruction and assessment in Kentucky and references the documents that counter those myths.

 

Kentucky Writing Handbook
The files below contain the most recently revised version of the Kentucky Writing Handbook for all grade levels and content areas (2006).  There are two parts to the new handbook. Part I is focused on writing development and contains five sections.  Part II is focused on scoring portfolios and is grade-specific.  ... More

 

Kentucky Writing Portfolio Scoring Disk
In spring 2007, this analytical scoring CD replaced the older, holistic scoring CD.  It is designed to give scorers extra practice scoring using the Kentucky Writing Scoring Rubric.  Cluster leaders or scorers may use this CD as an online resource, or they may download it to their computers to practice scoring. ... More

 

Kentucky Writing Resources
Writing Development Teacher Handbook, Prompt Writing Cautions, Primary Scaffolding for On-Demand Writing, Using a Touchstone Text to Teach On-Demand, Questions to Guide a School Self-Assessment of On-Demand Instruction, Sharpen Your Child's Writing Skills, Writing On-Demand Prompts, Literary Writing, Portfolio Analysis, Questions About Mechanics

 

Kentucky Writing Resources - Download Page
Writing documents and helps in three formats, Word, rtf, and Adobe pdf.

 

Kentucky Writing Scoring Rubric
This page contains documents and links to sites that will assist teachers and administrators in scoring Writing Portfolios.  Scoring materials and the new Kentucky Writing Scoring Rubric are archived on this page.   *The files below contain the most recently revised version of the Kentucky Writing Handbook for all grade levels ... More

 

Parent Tools for Writing Development
These writing reference tools are designed to be used by parents/guardians to provide assistance when helping children develop as writers.

 

Personal Pieces
An analysis of the characteristics of personal writing required in the portfolio Kentucky writing documents download page.

 

Questions to Guide a School Self-Assessment of On-Demand Instruction
Questions about instruction, methods, models and feedback to facilitate self-assessment of On-Demand writing in a school Kentucky writing documents download page.

 

Reflective Writing
Reflective writing is an important on-going writing activity in all Kentucky classrooms.  To write well reflectively, students must be able to think analytically and insightfully.  While reflective writing is important in all categories of writing development, reflective writing that focuses on writing growth through literacy development is required for the new ... More

 

Teaching the Writer: What Students Need Instructional DVD
The Teaching the Writer:  What Students Need DVD was developed in 2007 as a collaboration between the Kentucky Department of Education and the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning.  Viewers will find clips of teachers, administrators, students, and other writing leaders discussing research-based practices in the teaching of writing.  The video segments ... More

 

The Kentucky Marker Papers (P-12)
Kentucky Marker Papers: Phase II The Kentucky Department of Education has completed an update of Marker Papers development. The Kentucky Marker Papers are instructional samples intended to show competency in writing across the grade levels, subject areas, and categories of writing.   The 2008 Marker Papers update is now online. Below, you ... More

 

The National Writing Project
Basic Assumptions of the National Writing Project Model - Writing is fundamental to learning in all subject areas and at all grade levels. Summer Institutes therefore involve teachers from all disciplines and levels of instruction, primary through university.- As the process of writing can best be understood by engaging in this process, teachers ... More

 

Transactive Writing
An analysis of the characteristics of transactive writing required in the portfolio, i.e., writing from an informed writer to a less informed reader Kentucky writing documents download page.

 

Writing - Cluster Leader Training Materials
This page archives cluster leader training materials from recent trainings. 

 

Writing Development Teacher Handbook
THIS HANDBOOK IS NO LONGER USED BY KENTUCKY TEACHERS, but will remain online at this time for research purposes.  Please see the new Kentucky Writing Handbook. Writing Development Teacher's Handbook – this handbook was developed to assist Kentucky educators in building a strong writing program culminating with the development of writing ... More