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The Writing Process
Scaffolded writing supports students as they work through the writing process step by step. Breaking down the process and structuring the writing lesson helps develop confident and competent writers.
See pricing on pages 54–59.
Brainstorm
Revision & First Peer Review
Generate Ideas
Language Skill & Second Peer Review
Organize Ideas & Write the First Draft
Final Proofread & Final Peer Review
Integrating Ideas— On Your Own with Independent Practice
Transfer skills from the lesson and engage students in future exploration with activities related to the chapter text.
If the whole idea behind English language arts classes is to foster a love of reading and a thirst for human experience and ideas represented through text, then we have to think critically about not only the kinds of reading our students do,
but also the kinds of writing they do.
—Nancy Patterson,
Voices from the Middle
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