There are several research‐based strategies that can be used to teach students how to integrate the elements of the writing process (planning, organizing, writing and revising). Some of these strategi

There are several research‐based strategies that can be used to teach students how to integrate the elements of the writing process (planning, organizing, writing and revising). Some of these strategi 1

Case Study: Kaynia

Student: Kaynia

Age: 11

Grade: 6th

Focus: Persuasive Essay

Kaynia is an active girl who works well with others and demonstrates great physical vigor. Kaynia’s performance is satisfactory in most content areas; however, she has a difficult time during writing class. A focus of Kaynia’s sixth grade writing class is persuasive essay writing. Although most of her peers can write persuasive essays, Kaynia is quite frustrated. She has good ideas but is not able to clearly articulate her point of view.

Kaynia’s teacher has the following instructional goal:

Given a writing prompt, Kaynia will write a persuasive essay, clearly articulating her point of view and providing supporting arguments.