The way we structure our lessons is important to our students as it allows us to provide more or less support based on the needs of our learners. For emergent writers, we need to use lesson plans that will provide much support and then gradually release the responsibility to the students. The following four types of lesson structures are effective ways to provide the appropriate learning support for young writers at the grade one level. Take a look at each and note that you can access blank lesson templates for each structure on the DASHBOARD.