Help your students develop clear, well-structured informational essays with this W.9-10.2 Informative Writing Conference Sheet—designed specifically for 9th and 10th grade ELA classrooms!
This standards-aligned writing conference tool guides students in meeting the Common Core English Language Arts writing standard W.9-10.2. Perfect for writing workshops, small group instruction, or peer review sessions, this resource offers focused, formative support for informational and explanatory writing.
Students are supported through every stage of the writing process—organizing ideas logically, selecting relevant evidence, refining tone and language, and writing with academic clarity—while teachers gain a clear, efficient structure for writing conferences that actually move the needle.
✅ What’s Included:
Editable Writing Conference Sheet (PDF + Google Doc™) Use in print or digitally for flexible, efficient feedback sessions.
Student-Friendly Checklist Aligned to W.9-10.2 Helps students self-monitor and track progress on key informative writing skills.
Conference Guiding Questions for Teachers Prompts designed to encourage student reflection and revision in areas like idea development, structure, transitions, and tone.
Built-in Scaffolds & Sentence Starters Perfect for differentiation, with writing supports for struggling students and advanced extensions for high-flyers.
Small Group Adaptation Strategies Includes suggestions for mini-lessons, peer feedback roles, and prewriting support activities.
Academic Language & Sentence Frames Sentence starters for introductions, evidence, development, and conclusions to build student confidence and fluency in academic writing.
Formative Assessment Language Use during prewriting, mid-draft, or revision stages to guide instruction and document progress.
Key Benefits for Teachers:
A resource fully aligned to W.9–10.2, so you can be confident your writing conferences are hitting every part of the informative/explanatory standard.
A clear, standards-based conference template, so you can guide students through what strong informative writing looks like—without improvising or overplanning.
A built-in formative assessment tool, so you can spot gaps in student writing while they’re still drafting—not after you’ve graded a stack of essays.
Editable and printable formats, so you can use this tool seamlessly whether you’re teaching in person, online, or somewhere in between.
Zero-prep resource, so you can walk into your next writing workshop confident, organized, and ready to make your conferences count.
Perfect For:
Informative/explanatory writing units
Writing workshop conferences
Peer feedback and revision activities
Small group instruction
Differentiated support for struggling or advanced writers
Formative writing assessments
Suggested Uses:
Mid-draft check-ins during writing units
Structured peer review with standards-aligned questions
Prewriting strategy support and planning
Self-assessment and goal setting before revision
Small group mini-lessons on organization or tone
Writing stations or conferencing folders
Digital or paper-based workshop tools
✍️ Use This Resource To:
Support informative and explanatory essay development
Guide 1:1 and small-group writing conferences
Scaffold students’ ability to revise with purpose
Reinforce clarity, structure, and academic tone
Align writing instruction with Common Core W.9-10.2
Whether you’re teaching formal informative essays or real-world explanatory writing, this tool gives you a ready-to-use, high-impact structure for writing conferences that help students write with purpose, clarity, and control.
Help your students develop clear, well-structured informational essays with this W.9-10.2 Informative Writing Conference Sheet—designed specifically for 9th and 10th grade ELA classrooms!
This standards-aligned writing conference tool guides students in meeting the Common Core English Language Arts writing standard W.9-10.2. Perfect for writing workshops, small group instruction, or peer review sessions, this resource offers focused, formative support for informational and explanatory writing.
Students are supported through every stage of the writing process—organizing ideas logically, selecting relevant evidence, refining tone and language, and writing with academic clarity—while teachers gain a clear, efficient structure for writing conferences that actually move the needle.
✅ What’s Included:
Editable Writing Conference Sheet (PDF + Google Doc™) Use in print or digitally for flexible, efficient feedback sessions.
Student-Friendly Checklist Aligned to W.9-10.2 Helps students self-monitor and track progress on key informative writing skills.
Conference Guiding Questions for Teachers Prompts designed to encourage student reflection and revision in areas like idea development, structure, transitions, and tone.
Built-in Scaffolds & Sentence Starters Perfect for differentiation, with writing supports for struggling students and advanced extensions for high-flyers.
Small Group Adaptation Strategies Includes suggestions for mini-lessons, peer feedback roles, and prewriting support activities.
Academic Language & Sentence Frames Sentence starters for introductions, evidence, development, and conclusions to build student confidence and fluency in academic writing.
Formative Assessment Language Use during prewriting, mid-draft, or revision stages to guide instruction and document progress.
Key Benefits for Teachers:
A resource fully aligned to W.9–10.2, so you can be confident your writing conferences are hitting every part of the informative/explanatory standard.
A clear, standards-based conference template, so you can guide students through what strong informative writing looks like—without improvising or overplanning.
A built-in formative assessment tool, so you can spot gaps in student writing while they’re still drafting—not after you’ve graded a stack of essays.
Editable and printable formats, so you can use this tool seamlessly whether you’re teaching in person, online, or somewhere in between.
Zero-prep resource, so you can walk into your next writing workshop confident, organized, and ready to make your conferences count.
Perfect For:
Informative/explanatory writing units
Writing workshop conferences
Peer feedback and revision activities
Small group instruction
Differentiated support for struggling or advanced writers
Formative writing assessments
Suggested Uses:
Mid-draft check-ins during writing units
Structured peer review with standards-aligned questions
Prewriting strategy support and planning
Self-assessment and goal setting before revision
Small group mini-lessons on organization or tone
Writing stations or conferencing folders
Digital or paper-based workshop tools
✍️ Use This Resource To:
Support informative and explanatory essay development
Guide 1:1 and small-group writing conferences
Scaffold students’ ability to revise with purpose
Reinforce clarity, structure, and academic tone
Align writing instruction with Common Core W.9-10.2
Whether you’re teaching formal informative essays or real-world explanatory writing, this tool gives you a ready-to-use, high-impact structure for writing conferences that help students write with purpose, clarity, and control.
