The Writing Adventures system meets standards in writing set forth by the U.S. Department of Education. See the rubrics matrix below.

  WA Book 1 WA Book 2 WA Book 3 Create
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Story		 Stepping Stones Game Pack Poster/
Pad		 Manipu-
latives		 Booklets Sent. Builder Word Banks
U.S. Department Ed. Standards                      
I. Skills and Strategies Of the Writing Process                      
A. Prewriting • • • • •   • • • • •
B. Drafting and Revising • • • • •   • • • •  
C. Editing and Publishing • • • • • •   • • •  
D. Evaluating   • • • • •   • • •  
E. Organizing and Sequencing • • • • •   •   • •  
F. Description • • • • •   • • • • •
G. Variety of Forms or Genres • • • • •   •   •    
II. Uses Stylistic and Rhetorical Aspects                      
A. Descriptive language • • • • •   •   • • •
B. Paragraph Form • • •   •   •   •    
C. Sentence Variety • • •   • • • • • •  
D. Transitional devices • • • • •   •   •    
E. Supporting Detail • • • • •   •   •    
F. Cohesion • • • • •   •   •    
III. Uses Grammatical & Mechanical Conventions                      
A. Complete sentences • • •     •   •   •  
B. Variety of parts of speech within sentence • • •     •   •   • •
C. Punctuation and Capitalization • • •     •   •   •  
D. Standard Format     •           •    
IV. Gathers and Uses Information for Research                      
A. Generate questions   • •   •       •    
B. Variety of sources     •   •            
C. Multiple representations of information     •           •    
D. Strategies to gather and record information     •                
E. Summarize and incorporate research     •   •            
F. Cite and document information     •   •