In this session, teachers will extend their understanding of WSD’s Explicit Genre Writing Plan by focusing on explicit sentence instruction as a lever for stronger genre writing. Teachers will learn how to help students expand, combine, and vary sentences to improve clarity, cohesion, and genre-specific expression. Participants will engage in practice routines and explore how sentence-level work directly strengthens paragraphs and longer compositions across informational, opinion, and narrative genres.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explain why sentences matter
• Explore core practices for early writers/growing writers
• Connect to Genre Writing
• Apply & Reflect