Book excerpt: This packet, employing the popular Four Square method, serves as a personal coach for students who want to develop their writing skills. Focusing on summertime activities, these exercises are designed to meet the interests and abilities of writers in grades 4-6. Tackle the writing process from every angle with art, word association, questions, poetry, and planning and composition of prose. The topics are personal and centered around the students' own lives, their families and friends, and their favorite places to go and things to do.