Writing Instruction in the Intermediate Grades: What Is Said, What Is Done, What Is Understood

The process approach, portfolios, and research in reading-writing connections have influenced both thinking and practice in writing instruction. Here, author Robin Bright describes what goes on in intermediate classrooms (grades 4-6) where the writing process is emphasized. What teachers say and do, how children respond, what children write, and how teachers' and childrens' expectations and understandings about writing meet and sometimes diverge are all discussed in a lively style that draws the best of current thinking.

Robin Bright is an Assistant Professor of Language Education at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.