Tompkins (2008, p.52) defines that "Strategies are probelm-solving behaviors that wirters use thoughtully and consicously. In constrast skills are information-processing techiniques that writers use automatically and unconsciouly". To provide direct instruction about strategies and skills, it is a good teaching method for students to make minilessons about them. As Marleen (2007) states "The two most well-defined writing strategies that have been identified, are those of a planning strategy and a revising strategy".
According to Ja Eun Kim, there are two kinds of writers: capable writers and struggling writers. The capable writers are able to write in a required genre and revise and evaluate their writings by themselves. The struggling writers, however, have a hard time to produce their writings in different genres freely. In order to help them, teachers need to teach them the writing strategies and skills equally. However, I think there might be a little different writing approaches to teach each of them.
Tompkins, G. E. (2008). Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Marleen, K. (2007). The effects of adapting a writing course to students' writing strategies. British journal of educational psychology, 77, 565-578.
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