Oregon
Department of Education - Graded Writing Samples - 3rd,
5th, 6th,
8th Grade.
Writing
Exemplars from NC Middle School- PDF
file of exemplarsHigh School -
These
student
essays provide examples of varying levels of performance on different
types of writing assignments by students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12
(English I, II, III, and IV). Each essay has been marked with comments
based on the five Features
of Effective Writing:
focus,
organization, support and elaboration, style, and conventions. General
comments are also provided for each essay, as well as "Next Steps" that
offer suggestions for helping the writer improve.
Write Source - topic ideas and student examples
Writing
Exemplars: TKI
New Zealand - has exemplars for argument, explanation, personal experience, and character. Exemplars
cover Levels 1 - 4 (or K-12)
Persuasion
- Rationale for the Five-Paragraph Essay
- Students' Essays to Persuade - Models - This page has 17 examples
- It’s Time to Junk Junk Food!
- Holt - Elements of Literature - This opens on the index for writing and has several examples of persuasive writing from grades 6 - 12
- Presentation Magazine - This has three examples of persuasive speeches and a list of speech topics.
This site has a couple of examples of persuasive writing.- Time for Kids.com
- Advice to Youth by Mark Twain
- On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain
- Classic Essays - This site has links to essays by Mark Twain, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr. and others.
- Are the Rich Happy? by Stephen Leacock
This website is an online magazine for teachers and has a number of
articles for grades 1 - 5 that can be downloaded as text only,
illustrated, or in electronic book form.The Expository Essay - this is a Thinkquest website that gives examples of the different types of expository essays.
This website has a number of links to resources related to expository writing.
This mazine features articles about animals. The best articles to read are in the current issue to the right of the screen.
This
website from the National Geographic features a number of stories on a
variety of topics to read. Some of these topics include animals &
nature, people & places, and news bites.Expository
This website is provided by Scholastic News and features news articles for students to read.
This website has articles from past and present Time for Kids magazine.
This website has three magazines for kids. These are normally print
magazines but you can look at the latest issue online with their
electronic magazine reader. Boys' Quest will be particularly good for
the boys in your class.
This
website is the online companion to the print edition and features
articles, games and activities from the National Geographic Magazine.
This website features news articles aimed at the tween and teen age group.