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bad writing

inability to translate thoughts into coherent, well-argued sentences, paragraphs, and essays

on teaching the skills that underlie good analytical writing,

To be able to think critically and express that thinking, it’s where we are going,”

the importance of formal writing instruction

constructing personal narratives, memoirs, and small works of fiction—

write informative and persuasive essays.

David Coleman

Students’ inability to translate thoughts into coherent, well-argued sentences, paragraphs, and essays was severely impeding intellectual growth in many subjects

teaching the basics of analytic writing, every day

DeAngelis

­roughly 40 percent of students are poor, a third are Hispanic, and 12 percent are black

Her decision in 2008 to focus on how teachers supported writing inside each classroom was not popular.

foster creativity

to find their voice

The school’s success suggests that perhaps certain instructional fundamentals—fundamentals that schools have devalued or forgotten—need to be rediscovered, updated, and reintroduced. And if that can be done correctly, traditional instruction delivered by the teachers already in classrooms may turn out to be the most powerful lever we have for improving school performance after all.

Research has shown that thinking, speaking, and reading comprehension are interconnected and reinforced through good writing instruction

that I could say and write the things I know