Instructions to improve student writing skills in eight genres: biography, descriptive, folktale, mystery, myth, news, poetry, speech, and book review writing
Grades
1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
Duration
1 CLASS PERIOD
Writing With Writers is a set of step-by-step instructions to improve student writing skills. With eight genres — biography, descriptive, folktale, mystery, myth, news, poetry, speech, and book review writing — you can pick the component that best suits your curriculum and needs. Each component has specific grade targets and all components have the ability to publish student work online.
Students will:
Introduce different writing genres and improve writing skills in these areas.
Students can explore different genres as they read writing samples, brainstorm, work in groups, write, edit, and rewrite their work before submitting final drafts.
Students read, brainstorm, work in groups, write, edit, and rewrite their work before completing a final version. The online step-by-step activities cover multiple genres of writing.
Students work with authors, editors, and illustrators in exclusive workshops designed to help them develop their writing skills.
GRADES
1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
In Scholastic’s four-step workshop, two award-winning writers help students develop and publish their own biographies.
GRADES
3–5, 6–8, 9–12
This workshop hosted by a published mystery writer offers tips, strategies and challenges to help students craft a successful mystery.
GRADES
1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Let the Scholastic News editorial team guide your students through the process of writing a compelling news story.
GRADES
3–5, 6–8
GRADES
3–5, 6–8, 9–12
In this five-step online workshop, a well-known children's author helps students learn to analyze and write about books.
GRADES
3–5, 6–8, 9–12
This four-step program, hosted by acclaimed folktale authors, teaches students how to write a successful folktale.
GRADES
1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
