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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a mom of a reluctant writer.  He has an avid reading with an incredible vocabulary.  He has hated writing since kindergarten.  He's now in middle school.  His private school has shied away from "teaching" writing.  Teachers assume writing will happen spontaneously. 
Reading and writing are different skill sets. Reading or watching is more passive consuming.  Just because I enjoy eating doesn't mean I know how to cook!  I've heard so many early childhood teachers say, "Love of reading is the most important thing for literacy and writing.  Have a lot of books lying around."  They mistakenly think teaching mechanics of writing somehow kills creativity.

Writing requires many executive functioning and cognitive skills that might need explicit teaching or support, depending on the students' learning style.  
If teachers don't have the time to give individualized instruction or feedback on sentence or paragraph composition, I agree with the value of writing tutors.  I also highly recommend Killgallon's Sentence Composing and Paragraph for Middle School, etc. There are different levels for elementary, middle, and high schools.

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