Phew! So, guys, the end is near, and I must say what a semester it was. The journey getting here was a long one from ‘’all about books’’ to the writing process, narrative writing (exploding a moment) writing workshop where we share and learn from each other. 6 + 1 writing traits, persuasive writing. All these writing activities took us to this moment, where we can utilize the strategies learned in our writing and our classroom. As the curtain comes down on this writing journey, I must express my gratitude for being a part of such an informative and practical walk. A walk that leads to analyzing writing done by a child. This concept was very new to me as previously if given a piece of writing done by a child I would read try to correct and edit. however, I learned that students' writing had to be critically analyzed using specific writing traits such as voice, ideas, presentation, sentence fluency, word choice, and organization (VIPCOWS) the acronym to remember the traits by. I c...