he study was mainly focused to assess the practice of teaching writing skills in private andrngovernment schools that are found in Addis Ababa City in the case of Hillside andrnDejazmachWondirad Schools: Grade 11 in focus. To achieve the research objectives and tornanswer the research questions, questionnaire, document analysis and classroom observation werernemployed as data gathering instruments .It was a descriptive research design undertaken torncomplete the study .Grade 11 English language teachers teaching at Hillside and DejazmatchrnWondirad schools, who were three and eight in number respectively, were the participants of thernstudy selected by purposive sampling. Besides them, two hundred forty one (DejazmachrnWondirad) and seventy nine (Hillside) students were randomly selected and took part in thernstudy. The data collected through questionnaire was analyzed and interpreted quantitativelyrnwhere as the data collected through observation and document analysis were analyzedrnqualitatively using the set check lists. Based on the interpretation of the collected data and thernanalysis of the extracted sample documents, English language teachers do not teach therntheoretical aspect of writing skills in the actual teaching learning environment. They do not teachrnalso the writing skills by integrating with other English language skills such as speaking,rnlistening, reading, etc in their classroom teaching practice in both private and governmentrnschools. The teaching materials are not similar to teach English language (Writing skills) in therncontext of private and government schools at the same grade level , and the materials do not haverntheoretical input related to the lesson of writing skills. The skill (writing skill) is not planned tornbe taught or learned accordingly under the lesson plan in both school cases in addition to therndifference in the number of days to teach writing skills in a week. Relying on the findings,rnprivate and government schools should teach writing skills by providing theoretical inputs likernthe approaches of teaching-learning writing skills. They should also teach writing skills byrnintegrating with other English language skills besides using the same teaching material for thernsame grade level by planning it under the lesson plan.