South Dakota Curriculum Standards for Writing
Kindergarten - Second Grade
Third - Fifth Grade
Sixth - Eighth Grade
Ninth - Twelfth Grade
Preparing Writers for College
ACT & COMPASS Placement Score Requirements
Reviewed Web Links
Web English Teacher - This site is listed as one of the top 101 Web sites for secondary teachers by ISTE. It offers topics from advance placement and international baccalaureate issues to young adult fiction and nearly everything in between, including grammar, journalism, mythology, reading & literacy, Shakespeare, and speech & debate.
Repeat After Us - This Web site is created by a high school student. It provides audio clips of copyright-free poetry, drama, children's literature, prose fiction and nonfiction, stories from around the world, and much more.
The National Writing Project (NWP) - The NWP seeks to improve the learning and teaching of writing in the nation's schools. It seeks to promote exemplary instruction of writing in every classroom across America.