This series of trainings emphasize the need for modeling all aspects of the writing process in front of your secondary students. You will experience writing instruction as a student, working through a particular genre of writing through each aspect of the writing process. We will highlight effective instructional practices, such as the use of mentor texts, peer collaboration and feedback, and several other structures, that will result in each participant finishing the session with a published demonstration text that they can use to model for and teach their students in the upcoming school year. This series of sessions will focus on writing a personal essay specific to the grade level taught (personal narrative, memoir, college essay, etc).