The National Study of Writing Instruction - University at Albany

Writing and Learning Activities 2009-10: Form 2 Page 118 of 122
in a particular kind of writing assignment
Ask students to work together to plan, edit, or revise
their work
Base writing on inquiry tasks involving immediate,
concrete data as the basis for writing
Organize a “workshop” environment in which students
receive individual attention as they engage in learning
the content, allowing for cycles of investigation, writing,
and revision
Provide instruction and experience in what to include in
summarizing reading material
Teach specific strategies for planning, drafting, revising,
and organizing written work
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Provide practice in timed, on-demand writing 1 2 3 4
Provide rubrics that highlight the characteristics of good
responses
12. When students write for this class, who reads their writing
when it is finished?
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Never/
Hardly
ever
Sometimes
Frequently
No one (writing is used as a thinking process) 1 2 3 4
Only the student (writing is used for later reference) 1 2 3 4
The teacher, to react but not assign a grade 1 2 3 4
The teacher, to grade without other comment 1 2 3 4
The teacher, to react and grade 1 2 3 4
Almost
always