Silvia Edgerton and Mark Hardy teach their elementary school students how to develop strategies for writing and how to make their writing more vivid by homing in on detail, shown in a lessons unfolding over several days.

Originally released by Annenberg Learner, 2007. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 17, 2019.

Mini Lessons and Snapshots (11:20); --Talking Through Ideas (7:58); -- Stages of Writing (6:52); -- Credits: Teaching a Specific Writing Strategy (1:47); .