Exposing students to various genres of written text is one of the most powerful approaches to guiding development in writing.
This resource helps educators combine explicit and intentional strategies to facilitate writing development across genres for English learners in Grades 2-8.
Based on the author's experience as a writing instructor, this guide provides a unique approach that emphasizes using choice and students' personal experiences to engage English learners in writing.
Chapters outline a variety of scaffolds that provide students with the targeted help they need based on their current development and proficiency.
These supports allow teachers to work with students as they analyse elements of written text, work alongside peers, and learn to write in different genres.
Teachers will find:
Resources for teaching narrative, expository, and persuasive writing and poetry.
Techniques for using the process writing model to lead students through pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing their work.
Reproducible graphic organizers for use with English learners.