Students who read a great deal become better and more confident readers. But the effect of reading on students’ writing is less clear: students who are good readers continue to find writing challenging. In my presentation, I will first discuss the nature of the relationship between reading and writing and then explore how this relationship can be strengthened. I will then offer practical tips on how teachers can help students benefit from more focused reading, i.e., the kind of reading that enables students to notice language features and discourse rules found in texts. When students do this regularly, there is a good chance that they might become better readers and writers.