This is a plan about learning how to write for a specific purpose. Instead of reading first and writing afterwards, the students are using their own prior knowledge as the resource. This creative expression allows students to share what they have learned from adults in their own home, from cooking, to repairing, to folding complicated laundry items. It is extremely person and telling. It's a wonderful way for them to share their cultures on any given day. The Steck-Vaughn resource book, WRITE TO