Keys to Adolescent Literacy Session D:

Teaching Text Structure to Support Reading and Writing

(Live Virtual Training)

This is a half day training.  Registration deadline is January 26, 2026.

A copy of the Essentials of Adolescent Literacy training book is required for this session and is not included in the registration fee.  The book can be purchased on the Keys to Literacy website.

Live Virtual Professional Development

The Keys trainer will use Zoom video conferencing to deliver this training in an interactive format using features such as breakout rooms and chat.  Sessions are not recorded - attendance only in real time.

Provide grades 5-12 educators with foundational literacy knowledge and adolescent literacy insights to support reading, writing, and engagement across all content areas.

Grounded in more than 20 years of experience and the latest research on effective adolescent literacy instruction, Keys to Adolescent Literacy provides powerful professional learning designed to enhance student literacy achievement incorporating Joan Sedita's The Essentials of Adolescent Literacy book.

This session helps teachers of grades 5–12 strengthen students’ reading comprehension and writing skills across all subject areas by making text structures visible in a variety of texts. Participants learn practical strategies for teaching students to recognize text structures while reading and consider text structures when writing. The session addresses multiple levels of text organization, including structures for narrative, informational, and argumentative texts; patterns of organization and corresponding transitions; and paragraph and sentence structures.

Training Description

The following topics are covered in this session:

• Understanding Text Structure in Reading and Writing
• Text Types
• Patterns of Organization
• Transitions
• Paragraph and Sentence Structure

Connecting This Session to Keys to Literacy’s Comprehensive Professional Learning Suite: This session can stand alone as an overview text structure. It complements and pairs well with Session C “Unlocking Meaning: Effective Comprehension Instruction” and Session E “Essentials of Effective Writing Instruction.”

ADDRESS TO SHIP BOOK

**Please note that training books will need to be mailed to participants.  Books will be mailed to the billing address provided, unless noted otherwise in the notes section of the online registration or sent to us by email.

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REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY

• If you cancel 3 days or more prior to training, you will be issued a 50% refund.
• No refunds will be issued for "no shows" or cancellations within 72 hours of training.
• Substitutions accepted.