Writing Next—In YOUR Classroom Writing Next tells us that one of the best ways to help students develop their writing skills is to teach them explicit strategies for planning, revising, and/or editing. How might you do this in YOUR classroom with YOUR students? What aspects of writing do they need particular help with in your course? What brief minilesson might help them develop needed skills? Brainstorm for a few minutes; then you will share your thinking with others. Writing Next—In YOUR Classroom Writing Next tells us that one of the best ways to help students develop their writing skills is to teach them how to summarize. How might you do this in YOUR classroom with YOUR students? What makes a good summary? What texts might you use to demonstrate effective summary writing? Brainstorm for a few minutes; then you will share your thinking with others. Writing Next—In YOUR Classroom Writing Next tells us that one of the best ways to help students develop their writing skills is to use collaborative writing tasks. How might you do this in YOUR classroom with YOUR students? What kinds of tasks could you adapt to a collaborative approach? How might you structure the task so that both students benefit? Brainstorm for a few minutes; then you will share your thinking with others. Writing Next—In YOUR Classroom Writing Next tells us that one of the best ways to help students develop their writing skills is to provide students with specific product goals. How might you do this in YOUR classroom with YOUR students? What assignments might you redesign to help clarify the assignment purpose as well as the characteristics of the finished product? Brainstorm for a few minutes; then you will share your thinking with others.