Genres students will be writing:
personal essay
personal narrative
expository/informational essay
poetry
research
Students keep a writer's notebook where they bank many different ideas for writing that can be pulled from throughout the year. Students will use a banked idea to write a complete process piece. Every student uses their own seed ideas as their topic when we are writing in the various genres. They meet regularly (and individually) with me so that they are supported throughout the entire writing process.