Choose a Form of Writing | Writer’s Workshop for Middle and HS Grades 7-12 ELA

Ditch the standard five-paragraph essay for once. Use a ready-reference writing resource for grades 7–12 that introduces students to a wide variety of genres, forms, and composition choices. From essays, speeches, reviews, and reports to poems, scripts, letters, and creative forms, this resource helps students think more carefully about purpose, audience, structure, and voice.

Use these handouts as a writing workshop reference, a genre study tool, an enrichment menu, an early-finisher option, or a planning support for independent writing. Posted in the classroom or shared digitally, the resource encourages students to move beyond the standard essay and experiment with new ways of communicating ideas.

What’s Included:

• 1 Teacher’s Note
• Forms of Writing
  • Alphabetical List
  • Category List
• Glossary of Terms
• Choose-your-genre Flowchart
• Choose a Writing Form Worksheet
• 2 Writing Activities
• Form of Writing: Parody
• Standards Chart and Answer Keys
• Mini-Lesson with Teacher Moves

I recommend using these resources in a Middle or High school English Language Arts classroom. It works especially well in ELA, Humanities, creative writing, and interdisciplinary classrooms where students are asked to write for different purposes and audiences.

Uses: genre awareness, prewriting, enrichment, writing choice boards, notebook reference, mini-lessons, and extension activities

It can support:

• choice-based writing
• genre studies
• enrichment or extension tasks
• writing workshop menus
• station work
• early finishers
• notebook glue-ins or anchor charts

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