Writing Lessons for the Overhead: Grades 5 and Up

Want to get students talking about writing? Place these transparencies on the overhead and let the discussions begin! In her more than 20 years of teaching, Lola Schaefer has found that students learn best about what makes good writing good when they participate in focused discussions of short models that demonstrate a particular writing technique. For instance, when students read two brief pieces on the same topic, one having a strong voice, the other a weak one, they can pinpoint exactly what …