Students who don't write well aren't able to learn and communicate effectively. This article explains what good writing skills are and how to help struggling young writers gain those skills through proper instruction.

In this lesson, students imagine their dream destination spots and sketch them. They use basic watercolor painting techniques to paint their images and follow this by writing descriptions. In groups, they then compile a sequential narrative story with all their images.

The BBC offers quick (bitesize) activities, revision options, and quizzes on a variety of writing skills, covering writing arguments, writing factual documents, and writing stories.

This lesson features the video "Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke" [5:02] It shows that he has been revising the same joke for two years. Writing is an ongoing process. W.9-10.5 Writing Process

Empower students to recognize that they are thinkers and writers! They will collaborate on a writing piece to brainstorm, organize and publish ideas with a digital tool. This lesson highlights different website creations as examples of writing to show just a few of the MANY MANY ways you can write on the web. A powerpoint demonstration is included as well as video examples of students' completed work.

Students will engage in discussions about story details and write an informational piece about the events in the story "Come Along Daisy".

Preparing the new generations for college and career readiness absolutely requires us to ensure our children are competent and comfortable in the use of a variety of digital tools. Students will be learning about a topic online and writing a report or informational paragraph about it.

SWBAT collaborate in writing step by step directions for writing an informational paragraph.

Students will brainstorm adjectives to describe the American Flag and will write two descriptive sentences for homework. Students will also create star art to accompany their writing to show the relationship between words and pictures and that books include both to help us make meaning.

In this lesson, students will experience different types of publishing in order to strengthen their motivation and cultivate pride in their work. After utilizing the writing process, students will type out their writing on a computer. Included is a tool to help students have success using the computer, and pictures of final drafts created by the students.

Students will take a previously created paragraph and edit it to make it better by adding details, definitions, a topic sentence, or a closure to an informational paragraph. Resources include a powerpoint presentation and pictures and videos of the lesson in action.

This textbook follows California Language Arts Standards for grades 9-12 to provide a generalized understanding of composition and to serve as a supplementary aid to high school English teachers.

Draft letters ask students to think critically about their writing on a specific assignment before submitting their work to a reader. This lesson explains and provides models for the strategy.

The Glyfada Method is a formula to help students write essays by focusing on the most difficult part of an assignment: getting started. This method helps the writer discover what their main points are and what they have to say about each main point.

An infographic is provided to help students with writing essays. Explicit information about essay writing steps are included. Essay mistakes relative to the content and style are articulated, along with features specific to essays.

An adult educator talks about the thesis statement and how to cluster ideas around it.

One of the more complete lists of proofreader's marks. Includes meanings and examples of their use. Divides marks into seven categories: style of type, position, spacing, insertion and deletion, paragraphing, punctuation, and miscellaneous. W.9-10.5 Writing Process