Online Writing, Spelling and Grammar Courses

Build teacher confidence in writing instruction with two flexible, self-paced online courses from Essential Resources. These courses support practical classroom teaching in sentence construction, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and composition.

How to Build Writing Success Sentence by Sentence, presented by Dr Christine Braid, focuses on explicit sentence teaching and grammar knowledge. How to Teach Writing, Spelling and Grammar, presented by Dr Helen Walls and Dr Christine Braid, extends this learning into handwriting, spelling, vocabulary, sentence structure and composition. Together, these courses are ideal for:

  • primary teachers wanting to strengthen writing instruction
  • beginning teachers and trainee teachers building confidence in literacy teaching
  • teacher aides, SENCOs and support staff working with developing writers
  • school teams looking for flexible professional learning they can complete at their own pace.

Whether you are focusing on sentence-level writing, developing stronger spelling and grammar knowledge, or supporting students to compose more effective texts, these online courses provide practical professional learning that can be used immediately in the classroom.

Ages: 5-16 years