Forms of Writing that Emerge in Writers’ Workshop

Advertisements and Commercials
Advice Columns
Autobiographies
Autobiographical Timelines
Biographies
Bookmarks
Books for Younger Children
Cartoons
E-Mail Messages
Essays, Editorials, and Opinions
Eulogies
Flyers and Brochures
Graduation Speeches
Greeting Cards
Instructions and Advice
Interviews
Letters

•    Friendly Letters
•    Letters to the Editor
•    Permission Requests
•    Fan Letters
•    Letters of Thanks
•    Letters of Complaint
•    Love Letters
•    Application Letters
•    Sympathy Letters
•    Inquiry Letters
•    Farewell Letters
•    Protest Letters
•    Letters of Apology

Memoirs
Messages
Monologues
Newspaper or Magazine Articles
Oral Histories
Pamphlets

Parodies
Photo Albums with Captions
Picture Books
Poetry

•    Ballads
•    Free Verse
•    Haiku
•    Sonnets      
•    Rhyming Formats
•    Sestinas

Plays
Postcards
Posters
Puppet Shows
Recipes
Reports
Resumes and Cover Letters
Reviews of Books, CDs, Plays, Magazines,
     Movies, and TV Shows
Rules and Regulations 
Shopping Lists
Short Fiction

•    Tall Tales
•    Science Fiction
•    Fantasy
•    Historical
•    Fairy Tales
•    Contemporary realism
•    Myth
•    Mystery

Skits
Song Lyrics
Speeches
Tributes
Web Pages