Guideline: To do well in school, a student needs to write well.  To become a good writer, it is important to practice writing.  Students can develop their skills by writing about something they know, about themselves, and about their communities.  An effective way to promote student writing that has been used with American Indian students is process writing.  Process writing involves students working in groups to brainstorm writing ideas (prewriting), writing a rough draft, reviewing their and other students' drafts and doing revisions, editing their drafts for grammar and spelling, preparing a final draft for review by their teacher, and publishing their final work in some form.  Educators working with native students need to be aware of engaging techniques to support their teaching methods.