Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively

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Multi-component interventions include multiple instructional practices related to more than one 

recommendation. Multi-component interventions are also referred to as bundled interventions.

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On-demand writing prompts are short writing assignments designed to assess student skills or 

understanding.

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A plot diagram organizes the events and key elements of a story, including the exposition or intro-

duction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution or conclusion. It is also referred to as a 

Freytag Pyramid.

Purpose refers to the objective a writer is trying to achieve with a particular piece of writing. There are 

four general purposes for writing: to describe, to narrate, to inform, and to persuade or analyze. Each 

purpose has a variety of genres that can help provide context and structure for a particular audience.