Download or read book What I Can Do Now: A Writing Unit written by Mary F. Burke and published by Teaching and Learning Company. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This packet, employing the popular Four Square method, serves as a personal coach for students who want to develop their writing skills. These exercises will get your students to think about what they've learned to do since childhood, and are designed to meet the interests and abilities of writers in grades 7-9. Tackle the writing process from every angle with art, word association, questions, poetry, and planning and composition of prose. The topics are personal and centered around the students' own lives, their families and friends, and their favorite places to go and things to do.