Summary

 In this writing course I have acquired valuable information for providing effective research based writing instruction. There many important research based writing practices that I walk away with as we end our time together. Writing time in schools is limited and as we have learned this is a problem. We have learned that providing high quality daily writing instruction and time to write allows students to continue to grow in their writing and thinking. Teachers must allow students the opportunity to work through the writing process.  Each part of the writing process requires students to elicit various knowledge and skills. It is important to give students feedback through out the various parts of the process. Feedback plays a key role in providing quality writing instruction and should be given throughout the process. Teachers should analyze students' writing to help them plan future lessons to give students what they need to continue to grow as writers. Throughout the entire writing process it is important to allow students to talk about their writing and share. Process writing is valuable however so is sentence level writing and grammar instruction. We need to make sure students understand the structure of a a sentence and filter in grammar instruction throughout our reading and writing block. All in all we need to make sure students are given opportunities to write authentically and receive high quality targeted writing instruction that meets their needs.