Using the writing process as an anchor for teaching helps students to see that writing doesn’t have to be complete and polished right from the start. Instead, writing ideas can be explored and developed using concrete strategies over time. Robust strategy instruction flourishes when guided by the writing process. The more strategies students have for each part of that process, the more confident and independent they will be as writers.
Download the Teaching The Writing Process eBook for some strategies and tools to help you teach students how to move through the writing process as they become engaged and independent writers.