TRT Podcast #205: How to incorporate guided practice into your writing lessons – with Leah Mermelstein
When I look back at my own writing instruction, I often gave a quick mini-lesson and expected students to take a “nose dive” into independent writing with little, if any, guided practice. Leah Mermelstein walks us through the importance of gradual release and explains three types of guided practice that you can bring into your writing instruction.
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Full episode transcript
Resources from Leah
- Her book, “We-Do” Writing: Maximizing Practice to Develop Independent Writers
- Her website
- Literacy tools shared on her website
- Research article Leah recommends, Epilogue: Reflections on the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going, by Janice Dole, Gerald Duffy, and P. David Pearson
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