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Concurrent 60 min

Developing Talent in Gifted Creative Writers Through the Depth & Complexity Framework

Saturday, November 15, 2025
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM ET
Location: Convention Center, 327
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Short Description: Are you interested in making writing time more fun and engaging? Are you interested in proven strategies to support talent development in writers as well as strategies to streamline conferring and grading? Yes! You are! Come to this session ready to write, laugh, and collaborate. You will leave with dynamic lessons, resources, and ideas you can use next week.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will practice using the Depth and Complexity icons to spark creative writing ideas, and then to draft and revise their writing.
  • Participants will experience frontloading strategies designed to develop emerging writing talent in a diverse range of gifted students.
  • Participants will build their confidence in providing meaningful, efficient, and time-sensitive feedback for creative writers.