This 9 week writing journal focuses on the writing poetry. Go through the entire writing process or brainstorming, organizing, drafting, revising and editing for nine different poems. Then, students will choose a prize poem to publish. This allows students to get indepth practice into a variety of types of poetry using a variety of topics, while getting teacher commentary all along the process. Grading Rubrics, Brainstorming Maps, Outlines, Drafting Pages, Revising Checklists and Editing Checklists are included for each piece, and a comprehensive Poetry Writing Score Report is included for the journal as a whole. This is a one stop shop for poetry writing. Print, copy, and staple this journal together and you have your entire nine weeks of writing covered. Tested with real students in the classroom of Heidi Raki.