WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Mrs. Littrell leads her business class in a writing assignment that has students identifying their "funds of knowledge".

The Winston R-VI School District is taking part in The Prairie Lands Writing Project.  This is a program offered by the National Writing Project in conjunction with Missouri Western State University through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. 

The purpose of the program is to increase the writing skills of students of participating schools by “writing across the curriculum”.   That is to say, writing will not only be taught in English classes.  Other content areas will make use of writing strategies and exercises to sharpen the writing skills of students.  The Department of Education has identified writing skills as one of the most important indicators of academic success.

Members of both the High School and Elementary School at Winston underwent training this summer in order to utilize the program properly.  Students from Winston, Osborn, Trenton, Braymer, Breckinridge, and Hamilton are all currently participating in the program.