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__**Writing Best Practices- Step-up to Writing**__

Step up to Writing** ® **is a research-validated, hands-on multisensory writing program that provided activities to help students in the areas of informational/explanatory, narrative, and personal narrative, and opinion writing pieces. This program is structured to foster development of critical thinking, reading comprehension, listening and speaking skills and to establish a writing process that is concrete for all learners. The program consists of lessons, graphic organizers, and plenty of tools for filling the gaps in the core curriculum which focuses on the multiple strategies for all phases of the writing process. For more information about this program visit []

Here is the site to visit to see videos with educators who have implemented Step Up []

There is also many rubrics and scoring guides provided with assessments for each type of writing. You can check these out here []

It uses multiple genre's with 10 different areas of focus broken down by sections []