On September 17 and 18 the Missouri Writing Projects Network presented the conference "Pitfalls and Promises: Scoring Missouri's End of Course Exams" on the campus of the University of Missouri. The conference, co-sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, was attended by secondary teachers across the state of Missouri. These teachers came together to learn how to effectively use the Missouri End of Course Scoring Guide and how to apply principals of writing instruction within their classrooms. The conversations were rich, and the resources found here are as a result of the collaboration which took place over those two days.

Teacher Produced Resources

Writing On-Demand - step by step lesson, which can be supplemented by strategies from Writing on Demand and Prompted to Write (listed below)

Voice Lessons and Voice Exercises - enhance student awareness of Voice through these quick practice opportunities

Sixty Minutes: A Lesson in Voice - challenge your students' to display Voice through the use of descriptive action verbs

Good Reads

Writing on Demand: Best Strategies and Practices for Success
by Anne Ruggles Gere, Leila Christenbury, and Kelly Sassi

Prompted to Write: Building On-Demand Writing Skills
by Meredith Pike-Baky and Gerald Fleming

In the Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning
by Nancy Atwell

Room 109: The Promise of a Portfolio Classroom
by Richard Kent

After the End: Teaching and Learning Creative Revision
by Barry Lane

"The 'Evil Twin' of Writing Instruction: Grappling with the Role of On-Demand Writing in the Writing Workshop"
by Pauline Moran

"Process vs. On Demand Writing"
by Mark Pennington