Suzanne's Writing Lessons

The writing information and lessons you find here are dedicated to my wonderful colleagues at Ridgewood Elementary in Kent School District, with whom I had the pleasure of working for 13 lucky years.

The material provided here is intended to be copied and reproduced for non-commercial, educational use only. I have made every effort to credit sources that are not my own, and to obtain permissions. If I have inadvertently included proprietary material (teachers DO pass things around!), I will credit or remove the material upon request.
Happy writing!

- Suzanne Williams

Activities & Questions to Use with My Books
Assessment	Autobiography	Bibliography
Characterization	Conferencing	Conventions
Cutting words	Description	Dialogue
Diary writing	Editing	Effective writing
Endings	Essays	Fables
Fairytale take-offs	Forms of writing	Freewriting
Historical Fiction	Ideas--getting them	Leads
Letter writing	Literature connections	Mini-lesson tips
Monologs	Mood	Mystery
Newspaper	Parent	Persuasive essay
Picture book	Plagiarism	Plot
Prompts	Publication	Quotes about writing
Realistic fiction	Report writing	Student writing samples
Self-evaluation	Sharing writing	Show, don't tell
Six-traits	Surveys	Tall tale
Tension	Theme	Titles