Writing Project 2010

We've started Writing Project 2010: 20 lines a day for 10 days, each piece scored based on its author's editing prowess. Students are working with editing tools, including a list of 150 high frequency words, a list of "confusable" words, and our Write On Track handbooks. This is my first time doing a unit like this with fourth graders, and it will be interesting to see how such attention to editing affects our writing overall.

Today's topic was "Friends" and students wrote personal narratives, descriptions, and even fictional scenes. I'm looking forward to reading (and scoring) them.