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Writing Instruction andIntervention Strategies:Initial GuidanceThis document was created by the divisions of EducationalServices and MTSS in response to school-based staff’s need toassess targeted writing skills and offer intervention due toparent SLD referral. While schools focus on high quality literacypractices and getting systems in place to implement a multitiered system of supports, this document is meant to be ahelpful resource for when schools encounter the rare “writingonly” SLD referral.September, 2014
Writing Instruction and Intervention Strategies:Initial GuidanceTable of ContentsIntroductionTier 1 Instructional StrategiesGeneral Instructional TechniquesStrategy InstructionTier 2 and 3Instruction/Intervention StrategiesSentence CombiningSelf-Regulated StrategyInstructionWebsitesReferences344677810112
IntroductionPurpose of the Guiding DocumentWriting is an essential area of learning for MMSD students. Writing is included asone skill area of the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.Additionally, Written Expression is an Achievement Area for Specific LearningDisability. As a result, it is important for educators to have effective tools tosupport student learning in writing. The purpose of this guiding document is todescribe several evidence-based intervention strategies that educators can useto help students improve writing skills. This document does not includeinformation about evidence-based intervention programs that may addressintervention needs in the area of writing (e.g., Rewards Writing). School teamsshould consider the academic skill needs of students when determining whichevidence-based program(s) or evidence-based strategy(s) to use.To use this document: First, a designated person will need to engage inadditional assessment to identify the particular skill(s) that the student needsadditional support with in addition to their core instruction. Typically this involvesreviewing a student’s work sample to see what kind of writing issue(s) the studentmay have. An example of a norm-referenced tool is AIMSweb – WrittenExpression curriculum-based measure. Next, identify a strategy that might targetone or more writing skill(s) determined to be an area of need for the student. Forguidance on expected performance by grade level, review the Common CoreState Standards for Writing in the English Language Arts .Organization of the Guiding DocumentThis document is divided into two sections: Tier 1 Instructional Strategies; and Tier2 and Tier 3 Instructional Strategies that can be used for intervention purposes.Both sections offer examples of evidence-based intervention strategies that can3
be used with students experiencing challenges with written expression and otherwriting skills.For each evidence based strategy, there is a section dedicated to explainingthe purpose of the strategy (i.e., the writing skill that the strategy targets),materials needed to use the strategy, and steps used to implement the strategy.Also, a fidelity checklist is included for each strategy so educators can recordthe level of implementation for the intervention sessions. These checklists outlinethe important steps to maintain the evidence-based nature of the strategies.However, they can be modified to tailor a strategy to an individual student.Tier 1 Instructional Strategies:General Instructional Techniques and Strategy InstructionEffective Core Instructional Practices: General Instructional TechniquesTier 1, or core instruction, is the collection of instructional practices used in theclassroom with all students to teach the general education curriculum. Severalinstructional strategies have been identified through research as effectivepractices for teaching writing skills in the classroom. Model the target writing skills: Model the specific writing skill that you wantstudents to learn during writing instruction. Effective modeling involvesmodeling the thought processes a writer engages in to use the writing skill,in addition to the actual production of the writing. The goal is to havestudents imitate the important components of the target writing skill. Provide students with opportunities to write: Consistent, predictablewriting times are important to help students develop writing skills. Activitiesduring writing time include planning, writing, and revising. Arecommended time is 45 to 60 minutes of writing time daily. Have students set clear and specific goals for writing assignments:Students should know the purpose of each writing assignment. State thewriting skill goal for each assignment. Goals can be used at each stageof the writing process, not just the end goal of the complete written topic.4
Provide opportunities for peer collaboration: Give students time to worktogether on the writing process. This strategy works best when peer pairshave students with different levels of writing ability. Additionally, providestudents with specific instructions and modeling for what they should bedoing with their writing partner. Provide students with frequent and specific feedback on their writing:Help students understand the skills they have mastered and the skills theyneed to work on in writing. Give feedback on an all writing assignments inrelation to the assignment goals and the target writing skills. Keepstudents motivated – make it a balance of positive reinforcement forwriting skills that were demonstrated and constructive feedback on writingskills that students can continue to improve. Provide students with the opportunities to revise their writing: Make timefor students to revise their writing assignment. Feedback will have agreater impact on learning if students have the chance to revise theirwriting based on feedback from teachersIntegrity Observation Checklist: Core Instruction PracticesStrategyYesNoModeled the targetwriting skill(s)Provided studentsopportunity to writeSet clear and specificgoals for writingassignmentProvided opportunitiesfor peer collaborationProvided students withfeedback on writingProvided opportunitiesfor revision of writingThe core Tier 1 instructional strategies can be delivered to students that needintervention in addition to the core level (i.e., Tier 2 and Tier 3) at a moreintensive level. For example, the same core instructional strategies can be usedin a writing intervention with modification that include smaller teacher to student5
ratios, more frequent times during the week, longer instructional sessions, andmore explicit instruction, including grammar instruction, and modeling.Effective Core Practices: Strategy Instruction Explicit instruction in the strategies needed to be a successful writer iscritical to effective writing instruction for all students. Be systematic aboutteaching new writing skills: introduce and explicitly model the writingstrategy with a metacognitive demonstration, engaged in guidedpractice, facilitate independent practice, and provide specific feedback.Create a step-by-step plan that will guide students through thecompletion of the writing task.Incorporate gradual release into strategy instruction. First, introduce thestrategy and its purpose in the writing process. Describe each step that isinvolved in using the strategy. Third, model the writing strategy. Sharewith students exactly how you are completing the writing task by thinkingaloud. Next, provide students with a way to remember the writingstrategy, such as a mnemonic device. For example, if you are teachingstudents the structure of a paragraph – topic sentence, details,conclusion, you may have them remember the letters “TDC.” Then, havestudents practice the writing strategy in an assignment or activity. Finally,provide feedback on how well students used the strategy with the writingassignment.Writing skills that translate to strategy instruction include brainstorming,organizing ides, planning, revising, editing, summarizing reading materials,and combining sentences.Integrity Observation Checklist: Strategy InstructionStepYesNoIntroduced the strategyDescribed the steps ofthe strategyModeled the strategyIdentified a way toremember the strategyProvided an opportunityto practice the strategyProvided specific andclear feedback onstrategy use6
Tier 2 and Tier 3 Instructional/Intervention Strategies: SentenceCombining and Self-Regulated Strategy InstructionSentence Combining The purpose of Sentence Combining is to provide students with theopportunities to manipulate and rewrite basic sentences into more complexsentences, with greater syntactical complexity.Basic Format: Present to the student a base sentence and a modifyingsentence. Ask the student to combine the sentences into one sentence.Steps:o Introduce the Sentence Combining activity and purposeo Describe the process of Sentence Combiningo Model the process.o Provide guided practice with feedback.o Provide independent practice with feedback.Forms:o Sentence Combining can be used in one of two forms – cued andopen.o Cued: a word is provided to prompt the student to produce a certainsentence combination EX: Base: The cake was delicious Modifying: The cake was chocolate. EX: Base: The boy fell over the desk. Modifying: He lost his balance. (because)o Open: new clue is given to the student and many sentencecombinations are possible.Integrity Observation Checklist: Sentence CombiningStepYesNoIntroduced activityDescribed steps ofSentence CombiningModeled the SentenceCombining stepsGuided practice:Presented a basesentence and modifyingsentence7
Provided feedback onguided practiceIndependent practice:Presented a basesentence and modifyingsentenceProvided feedback onindependent practiceProvided opportunitiesfor revision of writingSelf-Regulated Strategy Instruction Self-Regulated Strategy Instruction is a framework of teaching stages forwriting skills and self-regulation strategies to help students learn about thewriting process.Self-Regulation Strategies include: Goal setting, planning, self-monitoring,self-assessment, self-instruction, and self-reinforcement. The purpose ofthese strategies is to motivate and empower students to become goodwriters. Where can students use a self-regulation strategy with the targetwriting strategy? Explain and model how to use the self-regulationstrategy when modeling the writing strategy.There are 6 stages to teaching a writing skill:o Introduce the Strategy: State the strategy that will be the focus ofthe lesson. Explain the purpose of the strategy in the writingprocess.o Development of Background Knowledge: This step is a warm upactivity to get students familiar with the elements of the writingstrategy. Use an activity that will transition them from a previouslydiscussed strategy to the current strategy.o Discussion of a Strategy: Explain the steps to use the strategy.What’s the step-by-step process for using the strategy?o Modeling of Strategy/Self-Instructions: Model the strategy, includingself-instructions for completing each step (i.e., think-aloud).o Memorization of a Strategy: Provide students with a way tomemorize the strategy so they can recall it independently, such asa mnemonic device.o Supportive/Collaborative Practice: Have students work withpartners on a writing assignment to practice the writing and selfregulation strategies.8
o Independent Practice of a Strategy: Provide students withopportunities to practice the writing and self-regulation strategieson their own. Give specific and clear feedback on assignments.Following independent practice and feedback, give students theopportunity to revise and improve their writing.Suggested writing skills include planning, semantic webbing, productionmonitoring, peer response to revising, and revise.Integrity Observation Checklist: Self-Regulated Strategy InstructionStepYesNoIntroduced the strategyDeveloped background knowledgePresented and discussed the steps ofthe strategyModeled the strategy with selfinstructions (think-aloud)Identified a way to remember thestrategyProvided opportunity for guided orcollaborative practiceProvided opportunity for independentpracticeIncorporated a self- Introduced theregulation strategystrategyinto the sessionDescribed thesteps of thestrategyModeled thestrategyProvided anopportunity topractice thestrategy in thewriting processProvided specificand clearfeedback onstrategy useProvided specific and clear feedbackon use of strategyProvided opportunities for revision ofwriting9
Reading Recovery/Literacy Lessons Writing Component Reading Recovery/Literacy Lessons Writing component is a framework ofteaching strategies to help students learn how to compose and transcribea message. The writing used in this intervention is somewhat different in nature thanwriting instruction in a regular language arts program. In a regularlanguage arts program, the primary emphasis is upon communication,expression, and organization of ideas. In first drafts, children areencouraged to use "temporary" (also called "invented") spellings in orderto move on with their ideas, and then, as they move through processwriting, to revise and edit their writing. In this intervention, communicationremains a purpose, and the writing is always meaningful, often based, forexample, on something of interest to children or on a book just read;however, the writing is also more specifically used to draw students'attention to the details of printed words in order to reinforce and extend astudent's growing word identification skills. Procedures in Implementation:o Teacher and student share a discussion.o Student to think about the spelling of each word and to write asmuch of the word as he or she can.o Teacher support is offered only as needed in order to ensure thatthe students write the word accurately either elkonin boxes,repeated writing, and/or analogies. For example, for children whoare having difficulty with phonemic awareness (the consciousawareness that spoken words are composed of units called soundsand the ability to manipulate those sounds), the teacher draws abox for each of the sounds in the word. The children are guided tothink about the number of sounds in a word and the letters thatrepresent those sounds. For example, the teacher would draw threeboxes for the word teach, grouping the ea and ch in separateboxes since in that word ea and ch represent single sounds.o Teacher supports with letter formation and other conventions asneeded10
Integrity Checklist: RR/LL Writing ComponentStepThe conversation is carefully crafted to help expand topics,language, comprehension, and vocabulary and the teachermakes deliberate teaching decisions that increase thecomplexity of the writing.YesNoThe teacher uses a variety of writing prompts to help the childwrite new words and takes the child to new learning by askingthe child to ‘think of a way’ to write a new word.Constant use of the work page for letter work, word learning,generating words, etc. This use will fade as the end of lessonsnears and the child grows in competenceThe teacher anticipates quickly which words will be analyzedin boxes, which will be analyzed with analogy, and whichshould be written quickly and independently by the childThe child independently articulates sounds, pushes counters,and records what is known. The teacher helps only for thehardest to hear sounds for any particular child. The teacherencourages the child to enter even silent letters by asking“What letter do you expect to see?”11
Assisted Writing: Interactive Writing Interactive Writing is a framework of teaching strategies to help studentslearn how to compose simple messages, acquire foundational conceptsabout print, and articulate words slowly and hear and record letters inwords to communicate a message, write letters fluently, and build a coreof high frequency words.The writing used in this intervention is somewhat different in nature thanwriting instruction in a regular language arts program. In a regularlanguage arts program, the primary emphasis is upon communication,expression, and organization of ideas. In first drafts, children areencouraged to use "temporary" (also called "invented") spellings in orderto move on with their ideas, and then, as they move through processwriting, to revise and edit their writing. In this intervention, communicationremains a purpose, and the writing is always meaningful, often based, forexample, on something of interest to children or on a book just read;however, the writing is also more specifically used to draw students'attention to the details of printed words in order to reinforce and extend astudent's growing word identification skills and apply reading strategies topredict and monitor the reading.Procedures in Implementation:o Teacher and student share a discussion from either a short readaloud or a personal experience.o The message is negotiated through conversation. The final text isdecided upon by the group and rehearsed before writing.o Children actively contribute by writing known letters, and or wordson shared documento Teacher models early reading and writing strategies as she engagesthe children in constructing the messageo Teacher supports with letter formation and other conventions asneeded12
Integrity Checklist: Interactive WritingStepThe conversation is carefully crafted to help expand topics,language, comprehension, and vocabulary and the teachermakes deliberate teaching decisions that increase thecomplexity of the writing.YesNoThe teacher uses a variety of writing prompts to help the childwrite new words and takes the child to new learning by askingthe child to ‘think of a way’ to write a new word.Letter work, word learning, generating words, etc. is modeledand practiced. This use will fade as the end of lessons nearsand the child grows in competence in letter formation, andmovement from semi-phonetic to phonetic stage of spelling.The teacher anticipates quickly which words will be analyzedin boxes, which will be analyzed with analogy, and whichshould be written quickly and independently by the childThe child independently articulates sounds, pushes counters,and records what is known. The teacher helps only for thehardest to hear sounds for any particular child. The teacherencourages the child to enter even silent letters by asking“What letter do you expect to see?”13
Website ResourcesWebsiteCommon Core StateStandards – EnglishLanguage Arts StandardsIntervention CentralNational Center onIntensive InterventionAIMSwebDescriptionCommon Core StateStandards for the area ofWritingInformation aboutacademic and behaviorinterventions, includingwritingOffers resources, tools,implementation, andsupport for intensiveinterventionsResources onadministering andscoring ssion14
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practices for teaching writing skills in the classroom. Model the target writing skills: Model the specific writing skill that you want students to learn during writing instruction. Effective modeling involves modeling the thought processes a writer engages in to use the writing skill, in addition to the actual production of the writing.
Traits and Strategies 1. The Six Traits approach to writing instruction makes writing accessible for all learners by breaking a complex cognitive process into six key component processes. 2. Writers use Writing Strategies to solve problems they encounter while writing. 3. By teaching the Six Traits and Writing Strategies for each of the traits .
Response to intervention in mathematics: Critical elements. Psychology in the Schools, 49(3), 257-272. Response to Intervention Tier 1: Universal Instruction & Classroom Intervention RTI & Individual Classroom Interventions. What does Response to Intervention look like for an individual student (Tier 1:
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student (e.g., an intervention to address reading fluency was chosen for a student whose primary deficit was in reading fluency). If the intervention is group-based, all students enrolled in the Tier 2/3 intervention group have a shared intervention need that could reasonably be addressed through the group instruction provided.
David L. Coker, Jr. Austin S. Jennings Elizabeth Farley-Ripple Charles A. MacArthur University of Delaware Published 2018 Journal of Educational Psychology . writing instruction and student writing practice on reading achievement in first grade. Fall reading, vocabulary, and writing data were collected from 391 students, and classroom writing .
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Writing and Language Many people associate 'language' with writing Writing is not a primary aspect of language -most languages of past had no writing system -first known writing systems arose 5-6,000 years ago -language is learned without explicit instruction; writing is only learned with explicit instruction
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