Middle schoolers craft a letter to themselves describing what their life will be like in four years using a prewriting organizer to guide their work. 

Concepts

self-awareness, social-emotional learning, reflective writing, goal setting, letter writing, Writing

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Instructional Ideas

• Save copies of letters for use in subsequent years as models
• Introduce the assignment during the first week of school (it can serve as a writing sample), place the letters in a "Time Capsule," and return the letters at the end of the school year 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires copies of the "Letter to Myself Writing Organizer"

Pros

• The pre-writing organizer offers specific suggestions for what to include in the letter and incorporates responses from activities in the first three modules of the unit

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.8.4