In Denmark, the educational context for children's first encounter with formal writing instruction is compulsory school, in Danish termed "grundskolen" ("foundational school"), which is mandatory and comprises the first ten years of schooling (students aged 6-15). Hereafter, students shift to vocational or general upper secondary school in new institutional settings, with the majority of students (80 percent) choosing general upper secondary school (students aged 16-18). In recent years there has been an increased awareness among teachers and teacher educators of the need for supporting students' subject-specific writing within the entire range of K-12 school subjects. Actually, in neighboring Norway, it has been a prerequisite since 2006 that each school subject considers writing as one of five basic competences, a development also supported by developmental and research projects on how each school subject may support students' writing (e.g. Berge et al.). In the Danish educational system, similar attention has not--as of yet--been paid to subject-specific writing -- despite the growing awareness of its importance