Challenges to Helping Students Write

1. Mechanics
   
   1. Stuck on grammar details / spelling
      
   2. handwriting (cursive)
      
   3. don't know correct format
      
   4. limited vocabulary
      
   5. very simplistic sentence construction
      
2. Strategies
   
   1. Getting started
      
   2. Poor imagination
      
   3. tools to use to brainstorm (graphic organizers)
      
   4. Narrowing topics
      
   5. Organization
      
3. Motivation
   
   1. uninterested in writing
      
   2. Lack of experience
      
   3. Boring
      
   4. Hurry up and finish / in a rush
      
   5. perceived lack of purpose
      
   6. teacher dependent / not independent
      
4. Instructional Constraints
   
   1. Individual time for each student
      
   2. not enough computers in classroom
      
   3. pullouts
      
   4. standards / mandates
      
   5. Different ability levels
      

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