From Talk to Text: How Academic Discourse Supports Writing
Talk Builds Language Students are often asked to write before they are ready to explain their thinking out loud. In science classrooms especially, writing requires more than content knowledge. It requires vocabulary, clarity, structure, and confidence, all of which take time to develop. This perspective aligns with my post, Scaffolded Writing: Building Skill and Reducing Frustration, which explores how intentional scaffolds strengthen academic writing over time. When students struggle with writing, sometimes it is not because they lack understanding. It is because they