Students possess knowledge about written language and a variety of forms of writing; quality instruction reflects students’ experience and knowledge.
Writing is a social activity; writing instruction should be embedded in social contexts. Students can take responsibility in shaping the classroom structures that facilitate their work.
Writing is effectively used as a tool for thinking and learning throughout the curriculum.
Assessment that both benefits individual writers and their teachers’ instructional planning is embedded within curricular experiences and represented by collections of key pieces of writing created over time.
Authors and teachers who write can offer valuable insights to students by mentoring them into process and making their own writing processes more visible.
Technology provides writers the opportunity to create and present writing in new and increasingly flexible ways, particularly in combination with other media.