Teach Essential Writing Skills

Teach essential writing skills

Be a better writing teacher

Focus student learning on four essential writing skills:

  • Inquiry-based reasoning
  • Fluency
  • Proficiency
  • Style

Focus on skills

Each writing activity has a specific instructional objective. No fillers here. Teach well and your students will:

  1. write faster and with more accuracy
  2. learn simple techniques to write interesting passages
  3. use a four step framework that leads to well-reasoned arguments

Boxed information on each lesson page gives you a snapshot of the objective plus approximate lesson time (it depends) and required resources.

teach students how to write appositives

Teach imagination

Great for pair work

Language lessons don’t have to feel like grammar drills in disguise. Here’s a quick taste from Lesson 6 of the ebook, a classroom-friendly twist on a classic children’s riddle.

In this activity, students solve a simple logic puzzle about a man crossing a river with three tricky items. They sequence the picture cards, then retell the story under two smart constraints: they must swap in fresh synonyms for move and use articles correctly.

It’s fast to set up, easy to run, and quietly builds problem-solving skills, vocabulary precision, and article accuracy — all without adding to your workload.

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Free sample

Want to preview the ebook? Click here to open a pdf file with a 20-page sample from the ebook.

Ebook specs

The small file size, less than 6 mb, means you can carry the ebook on a USB. The layout is designed for teachers who like to display material on a classroom projection screen, but it works well for those who like print outs, too.

  • Publication date: January 11, 2016
  • ISBN: 9788998531041 15740
  • 22 lessons
  • 94 pages in one pdf file
  • Ready to print – formatted for A4 and 8.5 x 11 inch paper
  • Lessons, student worksheets, instructor notes and answer keys included

About the author

Rob Whyte is a Canadian writer and long-time English instructor based in South Korea. He teaches composition and conversation at the university level and occasionally offers courses in methodology, cross-cultural communication, and political science.

Rob also runs a small ebook publishing house specializing in classroom resources for ESL teachers. His travel and food writing has appeared in Lonely Planet.

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