Part 1: Understanding the Adolescent Writer and Strengthening Foundational Skills This session will introduce writing as a multicomponent, developmental process through a levels-of-language lens, with attention to word-, sentence-, and discourse-level demands. Participants will examine how writing develops across these levels and how the Interactive Dynamic Literacy model (Kim, 2020) provides a coherent framework for […]

Part 2: Supporting Adolescent Extended Writing: From Ideas to Coherent Expression This session focuses on helping adolescent writers plan, organize, develop, and revise ideas in extended writing. Participants will examine structured, evidence-based approaches such as Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), explicit modeling, scaffolded practice, and gradual release of responsibility. The session will also explore how writing […]