This series of training sessions emphasizes 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. This process will result in each participant finishing the session with a published demonstration text that he or she can use to model for and teach students in the upcoming school year. Throughout this series, sessions will focus on writing informational texts specific to the grade level taught.