Writing

As our understanding of writing development continues to grow, so does the field of writing instruction. These timely, practical resources reflect both advances in writing research and the evolving ways we write, providing evidence-based ideas and strategies for supporting writers of all ages.

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Additional Resources

• Navigating Writing in a Postdigital Age: An “Open World Writing” Approach to Writing Instruction
  Amy Stornaiuolo, Clara Abbott, and Kathy Walsh
  ARTICLE | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (open access)
• “AI Is Like 50% Good and 50% Bad”: Exploring the Strengths and Challenges of AI in the Elementary Writing Classroom
  Rachel LaMear andSam von Gillern
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Paper Selfies: Centering Students' Identities in Baseline Writing
  Katie Sciurba, Kate Uphus, and Sonia Escobar
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (open access)
• Questions and Answers: Investigating the Role of Student Talk Moves in Persuasive Writing
  Shireen Al-Adeimi
  ARTICLE | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (open access)
• Playing With Story Workshop in the Literacy Classroom
  Kimberly Lenters, Ronna Mosher, and Stacey Hanzel
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (open access)
• Reclaiming the Pen
  Bethanie C. Pletcher and Marilyn Nicol
  ARTICLE | Literacy Today (member magazine)
• Real-World Writing
  Maria Grant
  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (member resource)
• Motivation by Mail: Increasing Writing Opportunities and Motivation Through a Schoolwide Post Office
  Lorilynn Brandt
  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Using Dungeons & Dragons to Scaffold Writing Instruction

  Earl Aguilera, Maryanne Cullinan, Kade C. Wells, and Rebecca West

  FREE WEBINAR
• Taking the Leap: Supporting Multilingual Writers Through Translanguaging

  Grace Cornell Gonzales and Emily Machado

  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)
• Writing in Early Education Settings
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  Hope K. Gerde and Gary E. Bingham

  INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (member resource)
• How Do I Write…? Scaffolding Preschoolers' Early Writing Skills

  Sonia Q. Cabell, Laura S. Tortorelli, and Hope K. Gerde

  ARTICLE | The Reading Teacher (paid access)