Microcourse 2: Composing Writing About Fiction Reading
Participants will focus on supporting students as they compose longer, more complex pieces of writing about fiction that draw on foundational comprehension tools. Participants will explore the writing process through multiple lenses, examining how critical thinking, text structures, syntax and sentence construction skills, and craft study work together to produce thoughtful literary responses.
Key Topics:
- Research on writing to prompts and assessment of informational writing about research
- Coaching students through the composition process
- Standards-based assessment of research writing
- Differentiation strategies for varied learners and diverse skills profiles
- Methods for coaching students through the composition process