Beatrice Middle School: Academics

Step Up To Writing

Writing Power!

by Heidi Krieger

Step Up To Writing is the writing program Beatrice Public Schools uses to teach student how to effectively write expository and creative writing drafts. This program teaches how to write. We still use the 6-Traits of writing to assess the quality of writing. The following worksheets are used during the course of the school year.

Step Up To Writing 101

Assessment & Evaluation
6-Trait Grading Rubric Page One	6-Trait Grading Rubric Page Two	Paragraphs That Shine!
Writing Worksheets & Activities
6-Sentence Paragraph	7-Sentence Paragraph	8-Sentence Paragraph
9-Sentence Paragraph	10-Sentence Paragraph	11-Sentence Paragraph
12-Sentence Paragraph	13-Sentence Paragraph	14-Sentence Paragraph Wkst A
14-Sentence Paragraph Page One	14-Sentence Paragraph Page Two
Expository Writing
Two Kinds of Writing	Expository Writing	More Expository Writing
Accordian Paragraphs	Accordian Paragraph into Essay	An Accordian Essay
Don't Stack Accordian Paragraphs!	Kinds of Essays	Multiparagraph Paper
Narrative Vs. Expository Writing	6-Sentence Paragraph Example	Don't Lose Your Train of Thought!
5th Grade Paragraph Example	7th Grade Paragraph Example	9th Grade Paragraph Example



Topic Sentences & Conclusion Sentences (The Greens)
Occasion / Position Topic Sentence	Mastering the Occasion / Position Topic Sentence Method	Occasion / Position: Analyzing Your Topic
Using the Occasion / Position Method	Occasion / Position Topic Sentence Practice	Occasion / Position Topic Sentence with a Paragraph Plan
Occasion / Position Topic Sentence Starter Words	What is a Topic Sentence?	Occasion / Position Starter Words
Using the Occasion / Position Topic Sentence Method
Conclusion Sentences One	Conclusion Sentences Two	Conclusion: The Final Statement
Conclusion Words	Conclusion Writing Strategies	A Conclusion's Purpose
Focus Your Conclusion

Transition Sentences (The Yellows)
Common Transitions Page One	Common Transitions Page Two	Examples of Transitions within Paragraph
		Transitions Examples
Paragraph Transitions Practice		More Transitions Examples
The E Sentences (The Reds)
The E's	More of The E's	What are the E's
The E's Lead to Success!	The E's With a Paragraph	What are the E's Continued?


Narrative Writing
Get the Story Rolling	Revising a Story	Narrative Vs. Expository Writing
Starting a Story with Action Verbs	Starting a Story with Character	Starting a Story with a Conversation
Starting a Story with an Interesting Statement	Starting a Story: Provide the When	Starting a Story: Provide the Where
Story Sketch Steps	Story Transitions: Page One	Story Transitions: Page Two
The Ending: Coming to a Smooth Stop	Writing a Story: Page One	Writing a Story: Page Two
Editing & Revising
Avoiding "There are" Page One	Avoiding "There are" Page Two	Complete Sentences Page One
Complete Sentences Page Two	Complete Sentences Page Three	Complete Sentences Page Four
Editing for Capitalization	Editing for Punctuation	Editing for Spelling
Editing for Usage	Independent and Dependent Clauses	Editing: Lists of Phrases
Editing: Lists of Words	Editing for Meaningful Sentences	Paragraph Check
Revising a Story	Difficult Spelling Words	Don't Lose Your Train of Thought!
Don't get Caught in the THINGS Trap! Page One	Don't Get Caught in the THINGS Trap! Page Two	When to Italicize or Underline
Story Signal Words	The Writing Process Page One	The Writing Process Page Two