Writing Fitness
Routledge (Verlag)
9781041172154 (ISBN)
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Dismantling the flawed assumption that writing is a generic skill that students can simply ‘pick up’ through exposure or repetition, this book proposes a model of explicit instruction, deliberate practice, and curriculum alignment, offering a tightly structured approach to writing instruction that breaks down complex skills into teachable steps. Grounded in cognitive science, grammar instruction, and classroom-tested routines, chapters include:
Exploring the principles of gapless instruction, cognitive load, and schema-building
Explaining how to break essays down into teachable, repeatable sentence types
Practical guidance on everything from teaching thesis statements to embedding evidence and analysing structure
Sentence-level drills and the Deconstructed Essay
Creative writing, addressed through constraint-based Slow Writing exercises that develop style through structure
A reframing of assessment as an opportunity for feedback, planning, and consolidation, rather than merely performance
Ideal for English teachers at Key Stage 3 and beyond, this book offers a practical roadmap for improving writing outcomes—especially for disadvantaged students. With its blend of theory and detailed exemplification, Writing Fitness equips teachers to deliver writing instruction that is rigorous, inclusive, and sustainable across the curriculum.
David Didau is an education consultant and writer, after teaching for over 20 years. His blog The Learning Spy has been one of the most influential education blogs in the UK since 2012. He is the author of Making Kids Cleverer, Intelligent Accountability and Making Meaning in English. Rikki Cole is a Senior Leader within the secondary education sector and Assistant Principal for Key Stage 3, Literacy and HPA. He has worked within the education sector for eighteen years, in roles including: pastoral head of year, director of achievement, curriculum leader for English and, for the last five years, senior leadership management.
Introduction
1: Gapless Instruction
2: Success before struggle
3: Perfecting Practice
4. From talk to thought
5: The Deconstructed Essay
6: Constructing creativity
7: Integrating writing into the curriculum
8: The Pedagogy of C25K Writing
9: Improving writing through assessment
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| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.5.2026 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 50 Tables, color; 9 Line drawings, color; 5 Halftones, color; 14 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781041172154 / 9781041172154 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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