Publication Info: University of Kansas, 1999
2nd Edition, 2024
Proficiency in Sentence Writing Resources:
Click for an overview handout of the 2024 Proficiency in Sentence Writing Manual Revisions
Watch: Overview of the 2024 revisions (Jocelyn Washburn) (ppt slides)
VIDEO
- RTI and the Strategic Writing Program: Latest Understandings and Results: 2013 Conference (1:22:23), Colombo, Robinson, Schumaker (Video)
- RTI and the Strategic Writing Program: Effective Practices that Work Together: 2013 SIM Conference (1:22:23) Colombo, Robinson, Schumaker (Video)
- Case Study of S-V Agreement in Sentence Writing by Speech Language Pathologist Vicki Reed (Video)(01:00:04)
- A Case Study of S-V Agreement in Sentence Writing by Speech Language Pathologist Vicki Reed (01:04:00)
- Sentence Writing Strategy Supplemental Activities (00:59:45) - Keli Gustafson, Kathy Carling
- Compound Sentence Video for Students (Florida SPDG)
PPTs
- Proficiency in Sentence Writing presentation (ppt)
- Proficiency in Sentence Writing presentation slides 2024 (ppt)
- Complex (ppt)
- Complex Sentence presentation slides 2024 (ppt)
- Compound Sentence presentation slides 2024 (ppt)
- Compound/Complex (ppt)
- Compound/Complex Sentence presentation slides 2024 (ppt)
- Generalization (ppt)
- Simple (ppt)
- Simple Sentence slides 2024 (ppt)
MORE
- PSW Resources from Sue Woodruff
- PSW Online Presentation w/slides - Woodruff, 2020 (mp4)
- PSW Slides - Woodruff, 2020 (ppt)
- PSW Simple Sentence Model presentation - Woodruff, 2020 (mp4)
- PSW Models of A sheets "Learn By Watching" - Woodruff, 2020 (mp4)
- PSW Scoring Tutorials for "Learn by Practicing" - Woodruff, 2020 (mp4)
- Sentence Writing Strategy study guide (simple sentences) (pdf)
- Sentence Writing Strategy Study Guide (simple sentences)
- Proficiency in Sentence Writing Scoring Actvities
- Sentence Writing Progress Monitoring Tools:
- Prof. in SW session Handouts
- Access Learning Strategies Checklists
- Answer Keys handout
- Scoring Activities
- PD Packet
- Score sheet handout
- Description of Proficiency in Sentence Writing Strategy from the SIM website
- FRAME: Sleuthing Parts of Speech embedded within PSW - Sandra Pacheco
- Common Language of Instruction for All Writing Strategies
- PSW Cue Card Classroom Posters - Singh
Assets from FLORIDA SPDG Livebinders
- Student Skeleton Folder
- Teaching PPT
- Intro for Teachers
- Compound Sentences
- Modeling Compound Sentence 6A Demonstration Video https://youtu.be/LYI9iOmRatc (Woodruff)
- Scoring Demonstration Video https://youtu.be/eSc-XMQnmjE (Woodruff)
- Student Lessons Sheets
- Video for Students
- Compound Sentence Progress Chart and Score Sheet
- Compound Sentences Reference Sheet
- Meaning of Coordinating Conjunction
- Assignment Sheet Template
- Assignment Sheet Sample
- Complex Sentences
- Modeling Video https://youtu.be/lzuB0h8xflY (Woodruff)
- Scoring Demo Video https://youtu.be/_FMIyXgKDaU (Woodruff)
- Student Lesson Sheets
- Compound-Complex Sentences
- Scoring Demo Videos
- Scoring Lesson 6A https://youtu.be/_FMIyXgKDaU (Woodruff)
- Scoring Lesson 7A https://youtu.be/GBJwezglchM (Woodruff)
- Student Lesson Sheets
- Scoring Demo Videos
- All Sentence Type Score Sheet
- Generalization Resources
- Sentence Checklists
- PSWS Quick Reference Guide (Barret, Hollingshead)
- Student Folder Checklist
- Quiz Trade PENS Cards
Teachers can access Florida Live Binder assets. Share this link and password: .
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play_shared_binder/1709010?play_view=play. Password LS PSWS
MICROCREDENTIALS
Stratenotes and Strategrams
- Strategram Vol. 1, No. 2: Scoring Summary Sheet for the Sentence Writing Strategy, p. 3
- Strategram Vol. 2, No. 2: Sentence Writing Strategy Crossword Puzzle, p. 4
- Strategram Vol. 2, No. 3: The Helping Verb Rap, p.3
- Strategram Vol. 6, No. 2: PENS Help Sheet, p.6
- Strategram Vol. 6, No. 5: Hands on Activity for Sentence Writing Strategy, p.5
- Strategram Vol. 8, No. 2, January 1996: Probable Clauses Game - Jane Curry and Lynn Smith
- Strategram Vol. 8, No. 3, February 1996: PENS to the Rescue
- Strategram Vol. 8, No. 5, July, 1996: Strategy Sticker Reminder for the Generalization Stage of Paraphrasing and Sentence Writing
- Strategram Vol. 9, No. 2, December 1996: Construction Company Activity
- Strategram Vol. 11, No. 2, February 1999: Teaching Suggestions for the Sentence Writing Strategy
- Strategram Vol. 11, No. 3, April, 1999: Games, activities, handouts and song: Strategic teachers share classroom ideas
- Strategram Vol. 11, No. 5, July 1999: Two level Sentence Writing program offers instructional flexibility
- Strategram Vol. 13, No. 4, May, 2001: Sentence Writing Ideas
- Strategram Vol. 14, No. 5, July 2002: Integrating SIM writing strategies and other programs, Analytical Writing Assessment Scoring Rubric, Students at school for deaf find success with strategies, Sentence Writing Cheat Sheet - Mary Barrett, Sentence Writing activities developed by teachers at the Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, IA
- Strategram Vol. 15, No. 4, April 2003: Writing Strategy Extension Activities - Glenda Fries
- Teaching Sentence and Paragraph Writing in General Education from Strategram Vol. 15, No. 6, September 2003
- Starting Young Sentence Writing for K-2 from Strategram Vol. 16, No. 4 | July 2004: Content Enhancement and Elementary Students
- Strategram Vol. 16, No. 6, September, 2004: Combining strategies and routines to support writing instruction (includes examples)
- Strategram Vol. 17, No. 4, July 2005: The Sentence Checklist for remembering more detailed information when identifying subjects and verbs
- Strategram Vol. 20, No. 2, December, 2007: Diagrams to Help Students Understand Verbs
Research
- Proficiency in Sentence Writing Strategy Research slide
- Oas, B.K., Schumaker, J.B., & Deshler, D.D. (1995). Learning strategies: Tools for learning to learn in middle and high schools. Secondary education and beyond: Providing opportunities for students with learning disabilities. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Disabilities Association of America. This article uses student case descriptions to illustrate how a variety of learning strategies--including the Self-Advocacy Strategy, Sentence Writing Strategy, and Paraphrasing Strategy--might be implemented with students who experience an array of learning disabilities characteristics.
- Schumaker, J.B., & Deshler, D.D. (2003). Can students with LD become competent writers? Learning Disability Quarterly, 26(2), 129-141. This article summarizes a programmatic line of R&D work that has focused on learning strategies instruction as a method for improving the writing performance of students with disabilities within the context of the general education curriculum as well as on district- and state-wide writing assessments.
- Schumaker, J.B., & Deshler, D.D. (2009). Adolescents with learning disabilities: Are we selling them short? Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 24(2), 81-92. The authors review the evolution of SIM writing strategies and research that shows students with learning disabilities can learn and successfully use writing strategies under the right instructional conditions.
- Implementation of a Writing Strategy for Students With Learning Disabilities in a Rural Setting Rural Special Education Quarterly, Winter 2015, Vol.34(4), pp.40-49 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Gabriel, Kathleen ; Davis, Teresa. ABSTRACT and first page of article