# writing **Your Quick Guide to Planning Effective Writing Assignments** April 17, 2025 Today’s guest post is by Joan Sedita, author of The Writing Rope. When assigning writing tasks, how often do you receive work that doesn’t meet your expectations? A common issue… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/your-quick-guide-to-planning-effective-writing-assignments/) **6 Questions with Joan Sedita, Author of The Writing Rope** November 14, 2024 Strong writing skills are an essential component of student literacy achievement. Today we’re excited to feature a Q&A on writing instruction with Joan Sedita, author of the instant bestseller The Writing Rope. She’s… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/6-questions-with-joan-sedita-author-of-the-writing-rope/) **The Why, What, and How of The Writing Rope** October 3, 2024 Today’s guest post is by Joan Sedita, author of the bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope. Over the past two decades, the literature and discourse related to literacy instruction has focused on reading,… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/the-why-what-and-how-of-the-writing-rope/) **Teacher Tips: How to Use Mentor Text as Student Writing Models** July 4, 2024 Today’s post has been adapted from Joan Sedita’s bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope. Most people learn new skills—such as how to cook a meal, play basketball, or play the guitar—by emulating others.… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/teacher-tips-how-to-use-mentor-text-as-student-writing-models/) **6 Types of Self-Instructions to Help Your Students With Writing** May 21, 2024 Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from the book Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students by Karen R. Harris, Steve Graham, Linda H. Mason, & Barbara Friedlander. Expert writers commonly… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/6-types-of-self-instructions-to-help-your-students-with-writing/) **12 Best-Practice Tips for Building Young Children’s Writing Skills** September 28, 2023 [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/12-best-practice-tips-for-building-young-childrens-writing-skills/) **Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for ALL Learners: 4 Big Questions Answered** February 21, 2023 All children can learn literacy skills, but teachers often have questions about how to teach and include students with more intensive support needs or significant disabilities. Excerpted and lightly adapted… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/comprehensive-literacy-instruction-for-all-learners-4-big-questions-answered/) **7 Teaching Principles for Effective Writing Instruction** February 9, 2023 In her bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope, Brookes author Joan Sedita identifies seven teaching principles that should be incorporated when you assign writing tasks and teach writing skills. Teachers, keep… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/7-teaching-principles-for-effective-writing-instruction/) **5 Things Proficient Writers Do** September 8, 2022 Writing is a complex skill—and to become good writers, students need to integrate skills and strategies from all the components of what author Joan Sedita calls The Writing Rope. Using… [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/5-things-proficient-writers-do/) **Q&A: How to Fit Interventions for Struggling Readers into Your Busy School Day** November 30, 2021 [Read more](https://blog.brookespublishing.com/qa-how-to-fit-interventions-for-struggling-readers-into-your-busy-school-day/)