Teaching intermediate grade children how to write means teaching them how to write the alphabetical letters, words, lists, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, narrative text, expository text, and writing mechanics (punctuation & grammar). Teaching writing for meaning is teaching children how to express their thoughts in writing, this is the content of their writing, hence, content writing. Teachers plan for and instruct their intermediate grade children to formulate and compose texts within the English language leading them to become proficient in English language fluency.