Steps for Teaching a New Writing Genre
1. Students are immersed in the new genre. MANY examples are read to them and they spend as much time as possible
reading examples of the new genre.
2. The teacher works with the students to identify the characteristics of the new genre. (Charts are displayed.)
3. Teacher and students work on joint construction of texts in the genre through group writing.
4. Students produce solo efforts, for which (as often as possible) they choose the topic. Students conference
with each other and with the teacher. Other aspects of process writing (e.g. revising, editing and publishing)
are employed.
(Special thanks to Susie Tromble for developing these ideas
based on "Writing for Life" by J. Collerson.)
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