Students reflect on their past experiences with writing, the types of writing they do, their motivations for writing, and their learning styles to define their current writing processes. After defining their individual processes, students identify the strengths and weaknesses of them and set goals for improvement.

Students create a website that acts as a virtual writing center. Throughout the creation of the website, students use information gathered from interviews with students, teachers, and parents; scholarly sources, such as MLA and APA; the media specialist; and other sources. Students constantly solicit feedback and revise the site for optimal usefulness.

Students use a writing process that includes prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing to create a research report that adheres to MLA style guidelines.

Students engage in writing interviews with three adults to discover the various writing situations the adults encounter and the ways in which their writing processes differ in different writing situations. For instance, the student might interview a principal, a salesperson, and a restaurant manager. Students report their findings in the form of a polished written report.