Chapter+5-+Teaching+Writing+Strategies

= Teaching Writing Strategies =


 * Writing strategies are much like learning strategies. Students need time to "encode" important information, apply that to previous knowledge, and practice it. A young writer must learn their writing strategy well enough that it becomes second nature and is applied automatically. Each writing strategy must be taught in depth. Teacher's must clarify how and when to use a different writing strategy. It is the role of the teacher to explain each strategy and also exhibit the thinking behind each strategy.


 * This section of the chapter troubled me the most. Though it expresses how important it is for teacher to teach their students writing strategies, they fail to mention how they would go about doing so. Some helpful writing scholars to take into consideration when approaching this pedagogy would be: James Kinneavy, William Covino, Lad Tobin, Nancy Sommers, and Peter Elbow. Each of these scholars explains their process of the vital importance in writing strategies.