Socratic sentence starters (a printable PDF handout that students may use during class discussions and in writing.  The handout promotes complete sentences, academic language, and improved depth of knowledge).  This is more suitable for the intermediate teachers, but could probably be modified for upper primary. 

Socratic discussion "Inner-Outer Circle" seating chart.  This activity would work well with the above handout (Socratic Sentence Starters).  The instructor would need to model this and help the students with their research before a discussion could be initiated.  Again, this is for intermediate teacher use.  

Great Source: iWrite (This site has writing samples, so you can SHOW students what strong writing looks like.  Use the essays and narratives, and have students locate all the important components in groups).

Make a simple "book" out of one sheet of paper (show your students how to do it with this Youtube video (there are many videos like this one).