Hi! Hey Mary, of course I recognize your name! It sounds like you've got some great ideas going there. We have a number of literacy coaches in this group who may have some helpful suggestions.
To answer your specific question, my students are required to write in the following genres during 7th grade: persuasive, compare-contrast, informational brochure, research paper, script, poetry, literary analysis. Most if not all choose to write short stories for their independent writing. I am 100% in agreement with you that writing in one genre inevitably informs and improves writing in other genres. Although I'd kind of remarked on this, I didn't realize how important this was until I noticed that the checklists the kids were developing to evaluate each genre had incredible crossover. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
