What is eSpark Writing?
eSpark's AI-powered writing tutor walks students through every step of the writing process. Students choose what they want to write about for maximum motivation and engagement so students can grow as writers without diverting instructional time or resources.
How to Access eSpark Writing
Go to Assignments
Search for “writing”
View all available eSpark Writing Assignments
Preview the Activity
The Assignment starts with a quick video to introduce students to eSpark Writing. Next, if you or your students have already co-created Reading Informational Text Choice Texts, you can jump to the writing portion of the activity. Otherwise, start with the Choice Text island. After the Choice Text is completed, you can move on to the writing island and begin the writing activity.
Once you have accessed the Writing island, follow the directions to select the text you’ll be writing about and choose your prompt.
Willow, our friendly writing tutor, will guide you through the writing process. Notice how Willow provides suggestions and sentence starters early in the activity and gradually releases more responsibility to you as you work through the activity. If a sentence requires revisions after it is submitted, Willow will nudge you in the right direction with hints and tips referring back to the original text.
Assign and Monitor the Activity
Click the Assign button at the top-right of the preview.
Click the checkbox next to the appropriate section.
If you wish to assign to a subset of students, click Edit Students and select which students you want to receive the assignment. After selecting students, click Done.
Click Schedule or Assign immediately to assign the activity.
Once the lesson has been assigned, you can monitor the status by clicking the "My Assignments" button from your Assignments home screen.
Review Completed Work
Upon completion of the activity, your students’ published work will be available to you under the Student Showcase tab of your teacher dashboard. Simply click link under TITLE to see the completed writing assignment.
From here you can read and print your student's eSpark Writing piece.
