Backwards Planning for Success with Writing is a K-8
comprehensive toolkit to support implementation of a school-wide
writing campaign. This easy-to-use handbook is based on teaching
writing through the gradual release model of instruction. Icons
for each phase of the model: I Do-You Watch, We Do-You Help, You
Do-I Help, and You Do-I Watch, are used throughout to signal to
the teacher the level of scaffolding suggested.
The toolkit includes the following for all the taught standards
K-8:
Suggested lesson plans for six week cycles of instruction
Rubrics and kid-friendly checklists
Graphic organizers
Student-friendly “how to” charts for each genre
Academic language frames where needed
Mini-lessons on specific techniques of writing
Anchor papers as exemplars
What’s new in the new edition:
150 pages of additional writing tools, mini-lessons, and
writing project ideas have been included from teachers around the
state
Each genre-specific section now includes a suggested six week
plan for teaching
100+ photos from classrooms show the strategies in action
Standards-based rubrics and student checklists now are
included in teacher and kid-friendly versions
Suggestions for scaffolding instruction for English learners
are included throughout the book
This handbook was built from the last 10 years of consulting with
schools around the state.
