This document outlines the stages for explicitly teaching students a writing strategy, including developing background knowledge, modeling the strategy, having students memorize and practice it with support, and ensuring independent use and generalization of the strategy to other contexts. The stages are develop background knowledge, model the strategy, memorize and support independent performance, ensure motivation and understanding of purpose, provide think-alouds and examples of use, practice until automatic, and ensure consistent use over time in different settings. Teachers should identify prerequisite skills, assess students, and modify instruction as needed.