Modeling is one of the most effective of all teaching strategies and yet many teachers overlook this powerful tool in writing instruction When teachers think aloud and then craft a piece of writing in front of their students they give student writers a peek into what is possible in their own writing In this book Kelly Boswell shows you how to transform student writers by infusing short bursts of purposeful teacher modeling As students watch an adult writer think talk and write they can develop the skills needed in order to create writing that is both polished and purposeful Tony Stead educator internationally known literacy specialist and author says Finally Not just another book about how to teach writing but one that targets the power of modeled writing What a delight it is to read this professional resource that highlights the importance of this strategy as the cornerstone to successful teaching and learning of the writing process