The manual includes detailed, step-by-step lesson plans for teaching the following genres: (1) Personal Narrative, (2) Summary of a Narrative Text, (3) Summary of an Informative Text,  (4) Informative, and (5) How-To Book, (6) Opinion of a Topic, and (7) Opinion of a Book.  In addition, the manual includes the following: Model Papers, Reproducibles, Rubrics, Assessments, a list of the Six Traits Charts and Genre Charts, Introductory Lessons for teaching Six Traits, Common Core Standards, Program Overview, No Excuse Word List, Resources, and Glossary.