Learning to Write for Readers: Using Brain-Based Strategies

As students move from grade to grade, they often seem to forget writing concepts, skills, and strategies taught in previous years. How can we help ensure that our writing instruction and student learning stick? Many of the concepts we try to teach students in our writing and literature classrooms are difficult to explain or demonstrate. But once students have a basic idea of how a reader’s brain processes written material, these same concepts become more accessible, more logical, and theref...