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All Write Yearlong Timetable

The All Write timetable presents a suggested sequence of activities focusing on writing and language skills. For example, throughout the first two quarters, students learn about the “Process of Writing” while practicing the initial “Forms.” (The progression reflects James Moffett’s “Universe of Discourse.”)

In addition, you’ll find suggested integrations of editing and language skills from the “Proofreader’s Guide” and the All Write SkillsBook. For even more practice, you can use activities from the Write on Course 20-20 SkillsBooks for levels 6, 7, and 8.

Check out the free online All Write Teacher’s Guide for page-by-page correlations to the Common Core, teaching tips, start-up activities, minilessons, digital downloads, and much more.

ESL Considerations

Students need a wide range of writing activities; but if one quarter is too ambitious for your students, adjust it accordingly.

Quarter 1

Use journals to help students practice personal writing, explore topics, and gain fluency. You can also ask students to designate a section of their journals as a personal dictionary, helping them build vocabulary.

Start each class by writing on the board one “Daily Sentence” from pages 183–215 in the All Write SkillsBook. Have students correct the sentence as a warm-up.

Integrate the “Process” and “Forms” chapters so that students can learn strategies for prewriting, drafting, and so on and then can immediately apply them in their writing. Use the sentence-writing instruction to help students gain mastery of sentence basics and combining and correcting sentence errors.

Quarter 2

Help students practice their explanatory and persuasive writing, which in turn helps them develop academic thinking skills. Use the parts-of-speech instruction to deepen students’ grasp of grammar and word use in English as they build sentences and paragraphs.

Quarter 3

Use the third quarter to strengthen students’ reading and research skills. Common Core assessments require students to closely read texts and draw evidence from them to support a position about them.

Students will learn to use the library to find texts, write summaries of the information they find, and further build their vocabularies.

Quarter 4

By the final quarter, students will have mastered many of the basics. They will be ready for more challenging writing assignments, such as responses to literature, stories, and poetry. The mechanics activities help students learn the fine points of polishing their writing for final publication.

Yearlong Timetable

This suggested yearlong timetable presents one possible sequence of writing and language skills units based on a five-days-per-week class. The units and lessons build from basic to more advanced skills throughout the year. In addition, where appropriate, the schedule suggests conventions practice from the All Write SkillsBook and the companion Write on Course 20-20 SkillsBooks for grades 6, 7, and 8.

You can also download a PDF version of the yearlong timetable along with a scope and sequence.

First Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

All Write Handbook, or All Write SkillsBook (AWS), or Write on Course 20-20 Skillsbook (WC6, WC7, or WC8)

1

Getting-Started Activities

Using the Handbook, Table of Contents, and Meeting Your Language Needs iii–xi

Writing in Journals and Learning Logs 107–112

2

A Basic Writing Guide 1–8

One Writer’s Process 9–14

Writing Basic Sentences 63–70

Conventions: Sentence Basics 438–443

  • AWS 49–60
  • WC6 63–80
  • WC7 69–86
  • WC8 65–82

3

Traits of Effective Writing 15–21

Writing Narratives 119–126

Conventions: Sentence Problems 66, 69–70

  • AWS 61–73
  • WC6 99–108
  • WC7 105–113
  • WC8 101–108

4

Writing Narratives (Continued) 119–126

Conventions: Sentence Agreement 66–70

  • AWS 74–79
  • WC6 153–158
  • WC7 155–160
  • WC8 155–160

5

Prewriting 23–36

Writing Biographical Stories 127–133

Conventions: Sentence Combining

  • AWS 82–94
  • WC6 81–98
  • WC7 87–104
  • WD8 83–97

6

Writing and Revising 37–44

Combining Sentences 71–74

Writing Biographical Stories (Continued) 127–133

Conventions: Sentence Clarity

  • AWS 80–81, 95–98, 174–175
  • WC6 109–114
  • WC7 114–118
  • WD8 109–122

7

 

Thinking and Writing 263–270

Writing Informational Essays 135–142

Conventions: Noun 445–448

  • AWS 101–112
  • WC6 117–126
  • WC7 121–128
  • WD8 125–130

8

Group Advising 45–48

Writing Informational Essays (Continued) 135–142

Conventions: Pronoun 449–452

  • AWS 113–118
  • WC6 127–134
  • WC7 129–142
  • WD8 131–146

9

Editing 49–54

Publishing 55–61

Conventions: Verb 453–454

  • AWS 119–126
  • WC6 135–140
  • WC7 143–144
  • WD8 153–154, 161–164

Second Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

All Write Handbook, or All Write SkillsBook (AWS), or Write on Course 20-20 Skillsbook (WC6, WC7, or WC8)

1

Writing Emails and Blog Posts 113–117

Note-Taking Skills 339–344

Conventions: Verb 455–462

  • AWS 127–136
  • WC6 141–152
  • WC7 145–154
  • WC8 147–152

2

Writing Explanations 143–148

Conventions: Adjective 463–465

  • AWS 137–142
  • WC6 159–166
  • WC7 161–168
  • WC8 165–170

3

Speaking Skills 371–379

Writing Explanations (Continued) 143–148

Conventions: Adverb 466–467

  • AWS 143–145
  • WC6 167–170
  • WC7 169–174
  • WC8 171–174

4

Understanding Media 245–250

Writing News Stories 149–155

Conventions: Preposition 468

  • AWS 146–150
  • WC6 171–172
  • WC7 175–176
  • WC8 175

5

Using Technology 251–256

Writing News Stories (Continued) 149–155

Conventions: Interjection, Conjunction 467, 469

  • AWS 151–160
  • WC6 173–179
  • WC7 177–182
  • WC8 176–182

6

Building Arguments 157–160

Writing Persuasive Essays 161–165

Conventions: Parts of Speech Review 444–469

  • AWS 161–162, 176–180
  • WC6 180–184
  • WC7 183–186
  • WC8 183–186

7

Thinking Clearly 271–276

Writing Persuasive Essays (Continued) 161–165

Conventions: End Punctuation 381–382

  • AWS 3–4
  • WC6 3–6
  • WC7 3–6
  • WC8 3–4

8

Test Taking 351–358

Responding to a Prompt 359–365

Conventions: Comma 383–388

  • AWS 5–8
  • WC6 7–14
  • WC7 7–18
  • WC8 5–12

9

Portfolio Review 58–60

Conventions: Comma 383–388

  • AWS 9–12
  • WC6 15–22
  • WC7 19–30
  • WC8 13–18

Third Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

All Write Handbook, or All Write SkillsBook (AWS), or Write on Course 20-20 Skillsbook (WC6, WC7, or WC8)

1

Reading Nonfiction 281–296

Writing Summaries 181–184

2

Using the Library 257–261

Writing Observation Reports 177–180

Conventions: Semicolon, Colon 389–390

  • AWS 13–16
  • WC6 23–24
  • WC7 31–32
  • WC8 29–32

3

Improving Your Vocabulary 315–329

Writing Observation Reports (Continued) 177–180

Conventions: Quotations Marks and Italics 393–394, 397

  • AWS 17–22
  • WC6 31–32
  • WC7 41–44
  • WC8 37–38

4

Reading Graphics 307–314

Writing Classroom Reports 185–197

Conventions: Hyphen, Dash, Parentheses 390–392

  • AWS 23–24
  • WC6 25–26
  • WC7 33–36
  • WC8 33–36

5

Writing Classroom Reports (Continued) 185–197

Conventions: Apostrophe 395–396

  • AWS 25–27
  • WC6 27–30
  • WC7 37–40
  • WC8 21–26

6

Writing in Science 217–222

Conventions: Punctuation Review 381–397

  • AWS 28–30, 165–167
  • WC6 33–40
  • WC7 45–48
  • WC8 37–40

7

Writing in Social Studies 223–230

8

Writing in Math 231–236

9

Writing Business Letters 237–243

Portfolio Review 58–60

Fourth Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

All Write Handbook, or All Write SkillsBook (AWS), or Write on Course 20-20 Skillsbook (WC6, WC7, or WC8)

1

Planning Skills 345–350

Group Skills 367–370

2

Reading Fiction 297–306

Writing Book Reviews 167–172

Conventions: Capitalization 398–402

  • AWS 31–32
  • WC6 41–44
  • WC7 49–50
  • WC8 41–42

3

Writing Book Reviews (Continued) 167–172

Conventions: Capitalization 398–402

  • AWS 33–34
  • WC6 45–46
  • WC7 51–52
  • WC8 43–46

4

Other Responses to Literature 173–175

Conventions: Plurals, Abbreviations, Spelling, and Numbers 403–414

  • AWS 35–40, 168–170
  • WC6 47–52
  • WC7 53–60
  • WC8 47–52

5

Thinking Creatively 277–279

Writing Stories 209–215

Conventions: Using the Right Word 415–430

  • AWS 41–42
  • WC6 53–54
  • WC7 61–62
  • WC8 53–54

6

Writing Stories (Continued) 209–215

Conventions: Using the Right Word 415–430

  • AWS 43–45
  • WC6 55–57
  • WC7 63–65
  • WC8 55–58

7

Writing Poems 199–208

Conventions: Using the Right Word Review 415–430

  • AWS 46, 171–172
  • WC6 58–60
  • WC7 55–58, 66
  • WC8 49–50, 59–62

8

Writing Poems (Continued) 199–208

Conventions: Understanding Idioms 431–437

  • AWS 173

9

Portfolio Review 58–60