Writing Strategies That Work

Learn the ten keys to effective writing instruction! In this dynamic book, bestselling author Lori G. Wilfong takes you through today’s best practices for teaching writing and how to implement them in the classroom. She also points out practices that should be avoided, helping you figure out how to update your teaching so that all students can reach success.

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Make sure students have enough work in a genre before you assign writing

Develop thoughtful, short writing prompts that are "infinite" and not finite

Have students read and learn from master authors in the genre they are writing

Create a writing community so that writing is not an isolated activity

Use anchor charts and minilessons, along with rubrics and checklists

Implement revising strategies, not just editing strategies, taught in context

Use conferencing to grow students as thoughtful, reflective writers

Let narratives be personal and creative, focusing on details and imagery

Let informational writing explore a topic creatively and in depth

Let argument writing be situated in real-world application and not be limited to one-sided, "what-if" debatesEvery chapter begins with an engaging scenario, includes the "why" behind the practice and how it connects to the Common Core, and clearly describes how implement the strategy. The book also contains tons of handy templates that you can reproduce and use in your own classroom. You can photocopy these templates or download them from our website at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138812444.