Writing Development Strategies
NCTE - Writing in the 21st
Century
A Report from the National Council of Teachers of English
Goals:
- Expose teachers to the various writing structures by highlighting the elements of effective writing instruction for persuasive writing, constructed responses, and essays.
- Increase teacher understanding of how to create writing lessons which include strategy instruction, prior knowledge triggers, guided practice, monitoring and adjusting techniques, collaborative inquiry, and formative assessment.
- Increase teacher understanding of how to provide timely and explicit feedback that encourages student confidence and promotes their continued focus on the writing process.
- Provide teachers with tools to establish baseline data of their students’ writing skills as measured against the HSCE, GLCE, MME, and MEAP to use for lesson planning purposes.
- Provide teachers with a venue for examining the written work of their students to formatively assess the level of students’ thinking and expertise. Teachers will be exposed to rubrics to help them navigate this process.
- Effectively use technology to teach writing and enhance classroom instruction.