Writing Well...

I was sad to learn yesterday that the legendary William Zinsser died the other day. I first heard of his writing strategies a few years ago. After reading his famous book, On Writing Well, I was hooked. What struck me about Zinsser is how he so adeptly describes the struggles English Language Learners encounter when writing in English. Using his book as a guide, I created the simple poster above to regularly remind my students (of all levels) what principles they should follow when writing. 

If you teach older students in any content area, I highly recommend you get a copy of Zinsser's book. His simple principles will give you a better way to teach writing!