This document outlines a 5-day lesson plan to teach 7th grade students about genres of writing. The class has 16 students with various needs including vision impairment, ADD, IEP, and Asperger's. Each day focuses on a different activity - introducing genres, analyzing altered photos, creating book cover posters, presenting posters, and reflecting on reading. Various technologies are used including videos, podcasts, digital images, and Zello for presentations.

1. The “Genre”
In Writing
An ASSURE Method Plan

2. Analyze the Learner
• I’m teaching a private school 7th grade class
English class.
• My classroom has 16 students.
• 9 girls and 7 boys
• 2 of my girls are vision impaired,
• 3 (2 boys and 1 girl) have ADD,
• 1 student has an IEP,
• And 1 student has Asperger's.

3. Main Objective
• My students will demonstrate their
understanding of the different types of genres
and writing styles by creating a poster of a
redesigned book cover and present it to the
class, complete daily mini assignments that
assess their understanding of the topics, and
complete a writing assignment/ reflection at
the end of the week.

4. Day-to-Day
• Day One- I will introduce my students to genre and
writing style. The definitions and most common of
both will be discussed after watching videos and
will begin brainstorming as a class for the poster
assignment. We will also read an excerpt from
chapter one of The Outsiders and discuss what
genre it could be, it will also be a podcast they will
listen to for homework.
• Day Two- The class will answer a few questions
based on a digitally altered photos, and will
prepare a presentation they will do on Zello.

5. Day-to-Day
• Day Three: The students will finish their
posters, and do a mock presentation with
another student to practice. There will be a
pop-quiz. The students will also watch a video
on arts and bots, and will compete a mini
project based on that video.

6. Day-to-Day
• Day Four- The students will present their
posters and have a list of well formed
questions to ask their peers after they’ve
presented.
• Day Five- Students will be reading the rest of
chapter one of The Outsiders on their own
after they complete the online response and
reflection.

7. Use of Technology
• YouTube
• Podcasts
• Materials and Media
• Twitter/Facebook Blog/Wiki
• Digital Imaging
• Zello
• Arts and Bots

8. Works Cited
• Williams, Suzanne. Writing Curriculum Files of
Children’s Authors. 2012. Web.
• http://www.suzanne-williams.com/formsof.htm
• Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. Print