Writing Instruction

My memories that I have of writing are along the Acquistion View: Process Writing standpoint.  My 7th grade writing teacher started with a message of the problem of homelessness in the United States and then had us write the best piece that we could based on our feelings on the topic.  Then we went from there in the writing process.  I felt that the whole process was authentic.  We all as a class had such strong feelings on this topic, that the writing just flowed. 

The thing that I find interesting about my memories of writing is that I feel that today we teach in the Learning View:Traditional method.  In my building we focus on the process of writing.  It has been my goal to fuse the two methods.