Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively

Family 

con-

sumer 

science

Peer feed-

back strategy

A family consumer science teacher models her thought process 

while writing a recipe for someone that has never cooked before.  

She considers what concepts her audience may be familiar with  

(mixing or combining ingredients) and what concepts may be unfa-

miliar (beating an egg). Students then write their own recipes and 

later trade recipes with a partner. The partner follows the instruc-

tions in the recipe and gives feedback to the student, who then 

revises his or her own recipe for clarity.