“I love that the Secret Code’s focus is making writing easier and the overall concepts are easy for all of us to remember.”
The Secret Code of Writing™:
The Secret Code of Writing™ helps students to answer questions succinctly while providing textual evidence and the reasoning behind their unique thinking. Level I of The Secret Code of Writing™ teaches the basic “code.” As the lessons build, this framework links to writing a 5 paragraph essay. Level II of The Secret Code of Writing™ focuses on fiction texts. Level I focuses on non-fiction texts and must be completed before Level II.
The Secret Code of Writing™ Sessions:
Level I and Level II are composed of 10 lessons each. Both levels of The Secret Code of Writing™ have a pretest and posttest to ensure that learners can self-monitor and reflect on their growth. Level I of The Secret Code of Writing is based on responding to non-fiction texts. Level II of The Secret Code of Writing™ is based on responding to fiction texts.
Secret Code of Writing™ Requirements:
There are no requirements to participate in the sessions. All learners begin with the same lessons starting with Level I. Even though this program is focused on building reading comprehension skills-no reading is required. Assistive technology and multimodal instruction is built into each lesson. Any level of reader can access these lessons. The Secret Code of Writing™ Learners enter into the program during the summer bridge into 3rd grade. Anyone older than 9 is allowed to participate in the program. Ages 9-100.
Secret Code of Writing™ & Learners with special needs:
The Secret Code of Writing™ was created by a special education teacher with students with special needs in mind. The Secret Code of Writing™ lessons are “rule breaking” and dynamic- which engages traditionally school adverse learners. All curriculum is multi-sensory and multimodal. The innovative techniques used in this program have been shown to equally benefit both learners without special needs, and those diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, executive function challenges and adhd.
Secret Code of Writing™ Impact:
Secret Code of Writing™ lessons have spread in their popularity due to mom’s noticing the transformative effect it has on their children.
Over the years, Parents and Coders alike have noted improvements in:
writing output
writing fluency
focus and attention in writing
confidence towards writing
written exam skills
generalization of skill to classroom assignments, homework, essays, and writing assessments
overall reading comprehension
metacognition in reading comprehension
confidence
self-determination
The Secret Code of Writing™ Waitlist:
Please send an email to contact@vicharamethod.com to join the Secret Code of Writing™ waitlist.
Research Study: Dr.Ashley Smithey, PsyD, LEP Educational Psychologist
The Secret Code of Writing Research Study: September 17, 2023
“The Secret Code of Writing is something I would recommend to all my mom friends. It has been a perfect summer bridge for both my kids.”
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100% of students substantially increased writing skills across domains, as measured by SCOW rubric
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78% of students scored independent or advanced on standards based writing skills across 5 out of 5 domains on the rubric
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89% of students scored independent or advanced on standards based writing skills across 4 out of 5 domains.
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On average, students increase 50 Lexile points after 12 Secret Code Of Writing sessions
“I know that when writing assignments come up in school my child will not be afraid to dive in and try harder since she has tools to pull from.”
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