Teaching students how to write an essay is probably one of the most difficult standards to touch on during the school year. I always find myself trying to figure out ways to make it fun, so that they don't dread writer's workshop time.One way that students became extremely engaged in it was when I divided them into small groups according to where they were in their writing process (e.g. group #1-Drafting, group #2-Revising, etc.)These task cards make cooperative groups more interesting and stu