Skilled writers engage in an extensive multidimensional writing process that involves planning, composing, revising and evaluating. They devote significant time to planning and revising to improve their work. Struggling writers lack knowledge of effective writing processes and strategies. They have limited planning, generate little content and make few meaningful revisions. Explicit strategy instruction can help struggling writers learn planning, revising, and other writing strategies.

2. Skilled Writers Struggling Writers Extensive knowledge in writing genres, devices, and conventions. Intimately familiar with the elements and characteristics associated with good writing Engage in multidimensional process that involves planning, composing, evaluating, and revising Devote significant amount of time to planning and developing goals that guide what they say and do. Generate more content than needed and eliminate ideas and information through revision Engage in extensive evaluation and revision processes that improve their compositions. -Lack contextual knowledge -Believe good writing is related to form and mechanics rather than substance or process. -Limited knowledge of what constitutes good writing -Utilized an ineffective writing approach -Do not engage in advance planning -Difficulty generating content -Rarely make meaningful revisions -Struggle with transcription -Evidence minimal persistence -Unrealistic sense of self efficacy -focus solely on content -Less than 20% of the revisions represent substantive changes to original text (word substitutions, correct spelling and usage errors)

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