This guide explains how to plan, develop, and conduct a writing workshop for literacy volunteers who will be working with beginning readers. The workshop has been developed to introduce literacy volunteers to the idea of writing original supplementary reading materials, give them experience in writing with a controlled vocabulary and strict guidelines, and reinforce their knowledge of the phonic principles underlying the Laubach Way to Reading series. The first three sections discuss the purpose of the workshop, suggested topics to use in a writing workshop, and suggestions for using the workshop guidelines. Suggestions on how to critique workshop participants are outlined in the next section. The remainder of the guide presents detailed instructions for conducting 10 workshop writing activities. The following activities are included: Roseanne Keller's word thing (a brainstorming activity intended to explore the possibilities of using a controlled word list); Bea Avery's pulling words (an activity to make a word list the springboard to a story); cooperative writing; postcard; autobiography; review and reinforcements; cooperative writing in small groups; paragraph by paragraph; pass along; and an English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) supplementary lesson. (MN)