Additional Publications: White Papers

Reading and writing are reciprocal processes that rely on shared language and cognitive skills. Nancy Hennessy explores how explicit writing instruction enhances comprehension, offering frameworks and classroom strategies that connect reading and composition for deeper understanding.

Students often struggle to revise their writing in ways that add clarity, cohesion, and meaningful detail. This overview highlights two evidence-based strategies—the Cohesive Tie and Detail Circle—that help teachers strengthen students’ overall written expression.

Sentence-level writing instruction is essential, but students also need support beyond these foundations. Dr. Charles Haynes demonstrates how to strengthen paragraph writing through micro-discourse strategies—helping students elaborate, organize, and refine ideas.

Writing instruction starts at the sentence level. Dr. Charles Haynes demonstrates how theme-centered writing instruction refines student work and builds the foundation for more sophisticated written expression.

Students differ dramatically in how easily they learn to read and write—a reality captured in Nancy Young’s Ladder of Reading & Writing. Dr. Young shows how evidence-based, movement-infused activities can support all learners and make reading instruction more effective and engaging.

Knowledge of language structures shapes how students comprehend. Julia Salamone demonstrates how explicit instruction in syntax (including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and sentence types) supports sentence-level meaning and can be embedded in remote learning.