This chart organizes over 40 possible writing genres (such as a Setting Sketch, Analysis of a Poem, Retelling of a Legend, Persuasive Letter, Parody, and so on) by level of difficulty (easy, intermediate, advanced). It also groups these genres into larger genre-categories (essay writing, narrative writing, poetry, etc.). When planning your year, you can choose how your writing assignments will progress, and scaffold them accordingly. For example, once students have completed a simple setting ske