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WriteShop

By Demme LearningChecked October 31, 2026No affiliate links. Programs never pay to appear. How we label

WriteShop is a writing program in three stages: WriteShop Primary (ages 5 to 9) uses games, crafts and picture books with the parent as guide and scribe; WriteShop Junior (ages 8 to 13) uses pre-writing games, skill builders and editing; and WriteShop I and II (6th to 12th grade) teach descriptive, narrative, informative and persuasive writing and self-editing. Each Primary and Junior book has 10 lessons, usually spread over three weeks each, so most families finish one book a year.

Grades it covers

  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
As the publisher states it: Primary for ages 5 to 9 (K to 3rd grade), Junior for ages 8 to 13 (3rd to 6th grade), WriteShop I and II for 6th to 12th grade.
Subjects
Language arts
Grades
Primary for ages 5 to 9 (K to 3rd grade), Junior for ages 8 to 13 (3rd to 6th grade), WriteShop I and II for 6th to 12th grade source ↗
Method
Traditional source ↗
Format
Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label
Not labelled
Parent time a day
Primary: 15 to 30 minutes a day. Junior: 30 to 45 minutes a day, three days a week, plus up to 30 minutes of preparation for each three-week lesson. source ↗
Works alone from
In WriteShop I and II the parent works with the student about 30 minutes a day for the first two days of each two-week cycle and in two editing sessions; otherwise the student works alone. source ↗
Cost a year
No price on the publisher’s own site when we checked. Ask the publisher.
Placement
One-minute placement quiz ↗

What it does well

  • Writing is taught step by step, from dictated sentences in Primary to edited essays in high school, with each level building on the last.
  • Games and pre-writing activities help a reluctant writer get ideas before facing a blank page.
  • Checklists and grading forms help a parent who feels unsure about marking writing.
  • High school students do most of the work alone between short planning and editing sessions.

Watch for

  • Each level needs both the Teacher's Guide or Manual and the student pack; the student pages alone have no writing instructions.
  • Grammar is only lightly covered, and the publisher suggests a separate grammar program if it is a weak area.
  • The publisher's pages show no prices; they are on the Demme Learning store.
  • Primary and Junior are parent-and-child teamwork, so the parent is involved in every lesson.

It fits

A family that wants a structured writing course with games and clear steps, and a parent willing to write alongside a younger child.

It doesn’t fit

A family that wants grammar and writing in one book, or a younger child who will write on their own.

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Compare WriteShop

Other programs for the same subject and grades:

  • Brave Writer Ages 5 to 18, about kindergarten to 12th grade, in five age bands
  • The Good and the Beautiful Preschool to 12th grade; high school has language arts and biology only
  • Institute for Excellence in Writing Primary level for kindergarten to 2nd grade, then Levels A, B and C for 3rd to 12th grade; the publisher says grades are approximate
  • Khan Academy Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus early college courses
  • Lightning Literature Kindergarten to 12th grade, in levels such as Cloud (K to 2), Spark (1 to 3), Flash (2 to 4), Grades 4 to 6, Storm (6 to 8) and high school courses
  • Logic of English Foundations for ages 4 to 7 (about pre-K to 2nd grade); Essentials for ages 8 to adult (about 3rd grade and up)
  • Tapestry of Grace Kindergarten to 12th grade in levels: Primer (K to 1st), Lower Grammar (1st to 3rd), Upper Grammar (4th to 6th), Dialectic (7th to 9th), Rhetoric (10th to 12th)
  • Typing.com Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus adult lessons

Lists it is on

What we read, and how we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

The publisher’s pages we read on October 31, 2026:

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