This tutorial has students follow a step-by-step guide to write their very own biography using that of Frederick Douglass as a model.

In this Writers Workshop lesson, students read Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel to learn about writing that compares and contrasts to things. This format can be used to write about many different topics in curricular areas and...

A list of seven writing ideas designed to inspire students to continue writing in Writers Workshop even after they have finished working on a specific piece.

In this Writers Workshop lesson, young scholars look around themselves and think about their daily lives at school to find relevant writing topics.

A writer's workshop idea where students brainstorm a list of people who are important to them as well as one or two times they remember being with each person. Students then use these ideas to write about a small moment with someone who...

Revise means to take another look at something. If you are not satisfied with your story, this is the step where you add details, dialog, and action to make the story more interesting.

An explanation of how to involve students in the grading process by working together to create a rubric and evaluate the papers of classmates according to that rubric.