It might help if they read a guide on how to write books for the young. In this lesson students go on the Internet to research writers' guides and children's stories. Learning Goals Understand the basic skills needed for technical writing in order to apply those skills to creating an instructional guide. Use a technical guide to write a creative children's story. Ask students to describe each style and give an example.
Examples can be in the form of an excerpt from a text or from students' work.
Inform students that they'll sharpen their creative and their expository, or technical, writing skills in this lesson. Explain that students will research technical writers' guides and creative children's stories on the Internet. Add that they'll then put their skills to work writing a technical guide and a creative story for kids. Web Work 1. Access this Web site to review some basic skills for technical writing.