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Write Away 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. You can also see a PDF version of this timetable along with a sequence of assignments.

First Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write Away Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Getting-Started Activities

Your First Week with the Handbook 3–9

Writing in Journals 71–73

Skills Activities: Checking Your Sentences 290–291

  • SB 107–108

2

Starting to Write 11–17

Using the Writing Process 18–23

Skills Activities: Parts of a Sentence 290–291

  • SB 109–112

3

Writing Friendly Notes 74–77

The Qualities of Writing 24–27

Skills Activities: Kinds of Sentences 290–291

  • SB 113–116

4

Writing Friendly Letters and Emails 78–83

Keeping an Idea Notebook 29–31

Skills Activities: Sentence Review 290–291

  • SB 117–118

5

Writing All-About-Me Stories 84–87

Prewriting 32–33

6

Writing Sentences 53–55

Combining Sentences 56–57

Skills Activities: ABC Order 276–283

  • SB 85–86

7

Making Counting Books 94–99

Writing the First Draft 34–35

Skills Activities: Sorting Nouns and Verbs 282–283

  • SB 87–90

8

Making Counting Books (Continued) 94–99

Revising Your Writing 37–39

Getting Help from a Partner 40–43

Skills Activities: Sorting Sounds 204–207

  • SB 91–92

9

Checking for Errors 44–45

Publishing Your Writing 46–51

Second Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write Away Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Writing Paragraphs 58–65

Skills Activities: Periods 264

  • SB 3–8

2

Understanding Writing Patterns 66–69

Using the Library 171–177

Skills Activities: End Punctuation 264–265

  • SB 9–16

3

Reading to Understand 192–197

Writing About Books 89–93

Skills Activities: Commas 266–267

  • SB 17–22

4

Writing About Books (Continued) 89–93

Reading New Words 188–191

Skills Activities: Commas 266–267

  • SB 23–30

5

Writing News Stories 100–103

Learning to Interview 226–229

Skills Activities: Apostrophes 268

  • SB 31–36

6

Writing News Stories (Continued) 100–103

Skills Activities: Quotation Marks 269

  • SB 37–40

7

Writing Business Letters and Emails 104–111

Using a Computer 178–181

Skills Activities: Punctuating Titles 269

  • SB 41–42

8

Writing Business Letters and Emails (Continued) 104–111

Skills Activities: Punctuation Review 263–269

  • SB 43–44

9

Using Graphic Organizers 243–249

Taking Tests 256–261

Third Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write Away Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Thinking Clearly 250–251

Working in Groups 254–255

Skills Activities: Capital Letters 271–272

  • SB 45–52

2

Learning to View 219–223

How-To Writing 112–115

Skills Activities: Capital Letters 271–272

  • SB 53–60

3

How-To Writing (Continued) 112–115

Learning to Listen 224–225

Skills Activities: Capital Letters 271–272

  • SB 61–66

4

Reading Graphics 183–187

Making Posters 116–119

Skills Activities: Plurals 273

  • SB 67–71

5

Using a Glossary 216–217

Making Picture Dictionaries 121–123

Skills Activities: Plurals 273

  • SB 72–76

6

Making Picture Dictionaries (Continued) 121–123

Using Phonics 199–209

Skills Activities: Abbreviations 274–275

  • SB 77–80

7

Writing Reports 124–131

Making Contractions 214–215

Skills Activities: Mechanics Review 270–275

  • SB 81–84

8

Writing Reports (Continued) 124–131

Skills Activities: Using the Right Word 284–289

  • SB 93–100

9

Giving Oral Reports 240–241

Skills Activities: Using the Right Word Review 284–289

  • SB 101–104

Fourth Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write Away Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Thinking Creatively 252–253

Writing Small Poems 153–159

Skills Activities: Nouns 293

  • SB 121–124

2

Making Shape Poems 160–165

Skills Activities: Nouns 293

  • SB 125–130

3

Rhyming Poems 166–169

Skills Activities: Pronouns 294

  • SB 131–136

4

Writing Circle Stories 133–135

Skills Activities: Verbs 295–297

  • SB 137–140

5

Writing Add-On Stories 136–139

Skills Activities: Verbs 295–297

  • SB 141–142

6

Writing Fables 140–145

Skills Activities: Adjectives 298

  • SB 143–148

7

Writing Mysteries 146–151

Skills Activities: Parts of Speech 292–299

  • SB 149–152

8

Performing Stories 230–235

Skills Activities: Theme Words 300–303

  • SB 153–154

9

Telling Stories 236–239