Sample Periodic Writing Assessments: Characters

This checklist is designed to assess students’ Multiple-Paragraph Outlines (MPOs). While intended for teachers, it can also be shared with students to clarify expectations. Adjust the criteria to align with your pacing and the strategies you’ve explicitly taught.

This checklist is designed to assess compositions developed from a Multiple-Paragraph Outline (MPO). While intended for teachers, it can also be shared with students to clarify expectations. Adjust the criteria to align with your pacing and the strategies you’ve explicitly taught.

This tool helps you capture class-wide writing strengths and common areas of concern. Use the insights gathered to plan next steps and select relevant TWR strategies that support your instructional goals.

Use this formative assessment checklist to monitor student understanding of both content and TWR strategies. Track trends, guide your next steps, and customize the tool to fit your instructional goals and students’ needs.

This student-facing checklist supports revision and editing of written drafts. Adjust the criteria to align with your pacing and the TWR strategies you’ve explicitly taught.

This document provides a sequenced approach for introducing and practicing TWR strategies in grades 9-12. Each guide is intended as a flexible framework and can be adjusted based on students’ needs. Teachers should use their professional judgment to make final decisions about the rollout of strategies in the classroom.

This document provides a sample of how you might pace TWR strategies across the school year for grades K-2. It is not prescriptive, but rather one example to support your instructional planning. Teachers can use the Yearly Pacing Guide Template to create their own customized version. We recommend referencing this sample alongside your beginning-of-year assessments […]

This Watch & Learn video provides educators with practical strategies for using deliberate practice to help students not only master TWR strategies but also apply these skills as they revise unelaborated paragraphs and transition into independent writing. Additionally, it explores two approaches for planning and integrating a series of TWR activities into the content they […]

This document provides a sample of how you might pace TWR strategies across the school year for grades 6–8. It is not prescriptive, but rather one example to support your instructional planning. Teachers can use the Yearly Pacing Guide Template to create their own customized version. We recommend referencing this sample alongside your beginning-of-year assessments […]