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Write on Track 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 on Track Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Getting-Started Activities

Your First Week with the Handbook 3–9, 421–432

Writing in Journals and Logs 65–69

Skills Activities: Subjects and Predicates 48, 350–352

  • SB 69–76

2

Understanding Writing 11–13

One Writer’s Process 14–17

Skills Activities: Sentence Types and Kinds 353

  • SB 77–84

3

Writing Notes and Emails 76–79

Using Graphic Organizers 287–291

Skills Activities: Sentence Fragments 49

  • SB 85–88

4

Writing Personal Narratives 85–89

Selecting a Topic 23–25

Skills Activities: Run-On Sentences 49

  • SB 89–92

5

Writing Personal Narratives (Continued) 85–89

Revising 30–37

6

Writing Basic Sentences 47–49

Skills Activities: Sentence Combining 50–51

  • SB 93–98

7

Collecting Details 26–27

Writing a First Draft 28–29

Editing 38–39

Skills Activities: Sentence Combining 50–51

  • SB 99–106

8

Writing Alphabet Books 109–113

Becoming a Better Speller 250–253

Skills Activities: Spelling/Alphabetizing 340–343

  • SB 53–54

9

Writing Alphabet Books (Continued) 109–113

Publishing Your Writing 40–45

Skills Activities: Spelling and Sorting 340–343

  • SB 55–58

Second Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write on Track Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Writing Paragraphs 52–60

Completing Assignments 303–305

Skills Activities: Periods 322

  • SB 3–6

2

Understanding Text Structures 61–63

Thinking Clearly 292–297

Skills Activities: End Punctuation 322, 329–330

  • SB 7–8

3

Reading to Understand Fiction 211–217

Writing Book Reviews 147–153

Skills Activities: Commas 323–325

  • SB 9–12

4

Writing Book Reviews (Continued) 147–153

Using the Library 197–203

Skills Activities: Commas 323–325

  • SB 13–18

5

Writing Family Stories 90–93

Skills Activities: Colons 326

  • SB 19–20

6

Writing Family Stories (Continued) 90–93

Skills Activities: Contractions and Apostrophes 327

  • SB 21–26

7

Qualities of Writing 18–21

Publishing Your Writing 40–45

Skills Activities: Quotation Marks 328

  • SB 27–30

8

How-To Writing 114–119

Reading Graphics 226–230

Skills Activities: Punctuation Review 321–331

  • SB 31–32

9

How-To Writing (Continued) 114–119

Taking Tests 310–319

Third Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write on Track Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Writing Friendly Letters 80–83

Skills Activities: Capital Letters 333–335

  • SB 33–36

2

Reading to Understand Nonfiction 218–225

Writing Summaries 166–169

Skills Activities: Capital Letters 333–335

  • SB 37–40

3

Learning to Interview 280–283

Writing Newspaper Stories 126–131

Skills Activities: Capitalization Review 333–335

  • SB 41–42

4

Writing Newspaper Stories (Continued) 126–131

Using Technology 204–209

Skills Activities: Plurals 336

  • SB 43–46

5

Writing Opinion Letters 138–145

Skills Activities: Numbers and Abbreviations 337–339

  • SB 47–50

6

Writing Opinion Letters (Continued) 138–145

Skills Activities: Mechanics Review 332–339

  • SB 51–52

7

Writing Classroom Reports 159–165

or Writing Photo Essays 170–175

Reading New Words and Building Vocabulary Skills 231–239

Skills Activities: Using the Right Word 344–349

  • SB 59–60

8

Writing Classroom Reports (Continued) 159–165

or Writing Photo Essays (Continued) 170–175

Using Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots 240–249

Skills Activities: Using the Right Word 344–349

  • SB 61–64

9

Giving Speeches 260–267

Listening to Learn 284–285

Skills Activities: Using the Right Word Review 344–349

  • SB 65–66

Fourth Quarter (9 Weeks)

Week

Write on Track Handbook or SkillsBook (SB)

1

Thinking Creatively 298–301

Writing Free-Verse Poetry 177–183

Skills Activities: Nouns 355

  • SB 109–114

2

Writing Traditional and Playful Poetry 177–183

Making Albums 74–75

Skills Activities: Pronouns 356

  • SB 115–120

3

Working in Groups 306–309

Performing Poems 268–273

Skills Activities: Verb Types 357

  • SB 121–124

4

Writing Realistic Stories 94–97

Skills Activities: Verb Tenses 358

  • SB 125–130

5

Writing Time-Travel Fantasies 98–103

Skills Activities: Singular and Plural Verbs 359–360

  • SB 131–138

6

Writing Tall Tales 104–107

Skills Activities: Adjectives 361–362

  • SB 139–144

7

Telling Stories 274–279

Skills Activities: Adverbs 363

  • SB 145–148

8

Writing Plays 190–195

Skills Activities: Prepositions and Conjunctions 364–365

  • SB 149–152

9

Writing Plays (Continued) 190–195

Skills Activities: Parts of Speech Review 354–365

  • SB 153–154