Identify and explain the essential components of effective writing instruction.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Ans: Responses should include
• Writing must be an essential part of school curriculum. In addition, providing supportive environments for writing is critical to student success.
• Students need to be explicitly taught writing skills. They should be given ample opportunities to practice writing across the curriculum which can enhance their content knowledge.
• Writing instruction should also promote independent and reflective writings.
• Writing instruction should focus on the
o process of writing
o text or product
o elements of writing
• Writing instruction should take advantage of technology as tools to remove barriers as well as to facilitate the writing process.
• Writing assessment should use explicit criteria and provide quality feedback.
Learning Objective: Define and describe the importance of mastering skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, text comprehension, handwriting, spelling, grammar, and text structure and composition. Provide examples of how to teach each.
Cognitive Domain: analysis
Answer Location: Writing Instruction