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===Improving the writing our students produce in all content areas is necessary to make them deeper thinkers and better communicators in a world where both skills are essential for success. The purpose of the writing across the curriculum (WACT) initiative is to help students better convey their thoughts, knowledge, questions, etc in an effective way regardless of the content.===

===WACT was born out of the hope to see our students become better writers. The ability to communicate well will provide a lifetime of benefits to the students we serve as well as help classroom teachers to accurately gauge the achievement and growth of those students.===

=== The goal of the teachers who worked on the WACT team was to find ways that all teachers could clearly and consistently communicate writing expectations to our students without intruding into precious instructional time. This work was guided by the feedback given to the team by EMS teachers through the survey distributed by Mr. Mason earlier in the year. Based on the feedback the team created a tools and worked to outline common language that can be used in all classrooms and in all content areas. Here are some examples of the feedback from EMS teachers regarding the weakest parts of our students writing: ===



=== Please take some time to look over the resources that have been posted to this link, share how you are using writing to promote critical thinking within your curriculum, and make suggestions for how we can all improve the communication skills of the students at East Middle School. ===