HS ELA Guide

5. Teach Critical Skills, Processes, and Knowledge

Specific strategy instruction on the characteristics and components of good writing via modeling, explanation, and guided practice.

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Writers learn a process in one genre that is largely transferable to other genres.

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Best Practices

Critical Components

●​ Tap into prior knowledge ●​ Provide students with a step-by-step structure for engaging the writing process ●​ Use collaborative writing strategies with students ●​ Model by writing with students ●​ “Read, Analyze, Imitate. If students can identify strategies, they can begin to use them.” Kelly Gallagher ○​ Read the mentor text ○​ Analyze the writing moves ○​ Try the moves in your own writing

Scaffold writing using learning progressions

Provide mentor texts for students to model their writing after

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Last Updated

High School ELA, Page 13

Jun 2, 2025