It never fails.

With some students, you can have the best time analyzing and talking about an informational source, but when they go to write a short response, they lose their grounding and start to fall.

How do we help students bridge the gap between reading and writing? In our practice, making a plan for a written response is an essential scaffold for bridge building.

FOR MORE ON HOW TO CREATE PLANS WITH STUDENTS, SEE THIS ARTICLE at Middleweb.com. Honored to have worked with my amazing colleague – Alicia Genchi – on this!

UPDATED 8/5/25