This course is designed to assist literacy specialist/coach candidates and classroom teachers prepare for the teaching of writing to elementary and middle school students. Participants will learn writing theories, approaches, strategies, and activities that range from the emergent foundations of writing to more complex skills of writing within the genres of narrative and informational communication. Participants will examine the interrelated nature of reading and writing as it applies to ALL students,including those identified as struggling learners, gifted learners, English Language Learners. Since students and their teachers learn to write by writing, the participants in this course will themselves write and develop a community of writers. All aspects of the course will be linked to the Common Core State Standards of Writing. [ 3 credits ]