&NA;In this article, the focus is on strategies in expository essay instruction. Hence, detailed descriptions of instructional procedures in teaching students the recursive processes of planning, drafting, and revising expository essays are provided. Because students have increasing assignments of opinion essays and compare and contrast essays in middle school and high school, the writing strategy instruction described focus on these genres. Apart from information on strategy instruction, we show straightforward ways to fostering students' self‐regulation and motivation in writing. We also highlight for teachers potential problems in their strategy implementation and suggest suitable solutions.