This workshop is crafted to provide teachers with the knowledge, strategies, and resources necessary to foster effective writing instruction for middle school writers with expressive language difficulties. The primary objective of this workshop is to empower middle school teachers with the skills to deliver high-quality, rigorous writing instruction that meets the diverse needs of their students. (skills covered: identifying salient information from a variety of sources, note taking, outlining, constructing a thesis statement, editing and revising). Audience: Independent and public school middle school educators