Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K¿12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing, using digital tools, helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction, teaching evaluation and revision, connecting reading and writing instruction, teaching vulnerable populations, using assessment to inform instruction, and more.