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How to teach writing · mix and match

Writing Workshop Builder

Choose a text, explore how it works and arrange activities into a lesson. Drag cards or use Add, Move up and Move down on a keyboard or touch screen.

Teaching sources and scope

Original activities informed by the supplied How to…Teach Essays and How to…Teach Summaries guides, alongside the portal’s existing text-type guidance. Essay paragraph frames are optional teaching scaffolds. The summary guide contains course-specific examination details; this builder uses its selection and paraphrasing principles without applying that exam’s word limit to other courses.

Age and course checks reuse the website’s teaching suitability rules. They are planning boundaries, not judgements of individual capability or examination grade predictions. Use the current course’s actual task and criteria. Drafts stay in this browser; avoid identifiable learner information.