Resources

New Features

MY Access! School Edition
Try out some of the new features available in MY Access!®


iSeek Education Quick Reference Guide


Popular TextSpeak Identified by MY Editor


Professional Services

Curriculum Planning & Instruction
A planning tool to map out standards, content, skills, assessment(s)and resources.


Technical Documentation
Technical Requirements
Provides specific information on using the MY Access! program.

Technical Requirements (Simplified Chinese)
Provides specific information on using the MY Access! program in simplified Chinese (for users in China, Singapore, and Malaysia).

Technical Requirements (Traditional Chinese)
Provides specific information on using the MY Access! program in traditional Chinese (for users in Taiwan and Hong Kong).


User Guides

MY Access! District Administrator's User Guide
This guide provides step-by-step directions to use MY Access! at the district level.



MY Access! School Administrator's User Guide
This guide provides step-by-step directions to use MY Access! at the school level.



MY Access! International User Guides



MY Access! Teacher's User Guide
This guide provides step-by-step directions to use MY Access! at the teacher level.

MY Access! Student's User Guide
This guide provides step-by-step directions to use MY Access! at the student level.

Teacher Quick Reference Guide
A teacher's quick reference guide for using MY Access!.

MY Access! Student Quick Reference Guide
Provides and overview of the key skills students need to learn to effectively use the program.

MY Access! Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions and responses regarding the MY Access! system.

MY Access! Skills Checklist
A checklist of skills that will enable the user to navigate the MY Access! system.


MY Access! Instructional Documentation

Rubrics
Includes printable versions 6-pt and 4-point trait/domain scoring guides-persuasive, narrative, informative, literary, and text-based/informational.

Character Chart

Elements of Literature

Focus Worksheet

K-W-L Chart

Narrative Outline

Narrative Wizard Template and Show Me Text

Persuasive Topic Sentence Outline

Persuasive Writing Guide

Persuasive Wizard Template and Show me Text

Plotting a Narrative

Revision Plan Guidelines

Venn Diagram - Two Topics

Venn Diagram - Three Topics

Cluster Web

Attacking a Prompt Prewriting Handout

Do What Prewriting Handout

Gallery Walk Prewriting Handout

Understanding Prompt Vocab Prewriting Handout

Writing Applications Prewriting Handout

Research

Thesis Builder

MY Access! Writer's Guide
The Writer's Guide is an online writing textbook. Readers will learn about the steps in the writing process including chapters on each of the traits/domains-focus and meaning, content and development, organization, language use and style, and mechanics and conventions.

MY Access! Instructional Guide and Lesson Plans
This text provides practical strategies for teaching the writing process-with step-by-step directions to illustrate how to integrate MY Access! into the curriculum (See Student Activity Workbook for printable student activity worksheets)

Student Activity Workbook
The student activity workbook is an accompaniment to MY Access Lesson Plans and contains 70 printable student activities.

Instructional Units
Genre and prompt specific instructional units assist the teacher in how to use the MY Access! program to teach students to effectively assess their own work(and others), analysis a task, develop ideas, organize their writing, choose vocabulary, and correct mechanical errors in order to create high-quality compositions.

Peer Review Guidelines
Persuasive and narrative review guides provide step-by-step instructions to assist students in identifying the strengths/weaknesses of a composition in learning how to provide quality and effective feedback.

MY Access! Prompt Catalog
A catalog of the available prompts for MY Access!.

Prompt Alignments to State Tests

MY Access! Writer's Model Catalog
A catalog of the available Writer's Models for MY Access!.

Pilot Prompt Scoring Services in MY Access!
Explains how pilot prompts are scored using the Approximator™ or Vantage expert scoring services.

Developing Custom Prompts with IntelliMetric™ Scoring for MY Access!
Provides information on creating your own prompt to be scored by Vantage experts.

Literature Series Discussion Guide
Book overview and discussion points.

Energize Your Writing

Writer's Helpers