Writing Our World™  Curriculum Map
(Table of Contents)
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Welcome to Writing Our World™ 3-5
- Terms of Use
- What is Writing Our World™?
- How to Support Writers Who Don’t Want to Write (Yet)
- Scope & SequenceÂ
- Integrations: Core Content
- Integration: Tier Two Vocabulary
- Integrations: Assistive Technology
- Assistive Technology Guide
- Integrations: Progress MonitoringÂ
- Key & Lesson Flow
- Pacing & Progress Monitoring
Assessment of Written Expression
- K-5 // Administration & Scoring Guide
- K-5 // Student Response & Scoring Sheet
- Getting Ready to Administer the AWE
Getting Started Skills
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Getting Started: Writing Materials Lesson
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Getting Started: Capitalization & Punctuation Lesson
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Getting Started: Exit Ticket
Objective 1: Question Generating & Sentence Level Introduction
- Objective 1 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 1 Post-AssessmentÂ
Skill 1: Develop Questions to Understand Essential Parts of Sentence
- Skill 1 Lesson
- Skill 1 Free Write
- Skill 1 Exit Ticket
Skill 2: Identify the Difference Between a Fragment & a Complete SentenceÂ
- Skill 2 Lesson
- Skill 2 Free Write
- Skill 2 Exit Ticket
Skill 3: Change Fragments into Complete SentencesÂ
- Skill 3 Lesson
- Skill 3 Free Write
- Skill 3 Exit TicketÂ
Skill 4: Unscramble a Scrambled Sentence
- Skill 4 Lesson
- Skill 4 Free Write
- Skill 4 Exit Ticket
Skill 5: Identify & Correct Run-On Sentences
- Skill 5 Lesson
- Skill 5 Free Write
- Skill 5 Exit Ticket
Skill 6: Determine the Difference Between the Four Sentence Types
- Skill 6 Lesson
- Skill 6 Free Write
- Skill 6 Exit Ticket
Skill 7: Generate Questions & Commands to Think Deeply About a Topic
- Skill 7 Lesson
- Skill 7 Free Write
- Skill 7 Exit Ticket
Skill 8: Determine the Difference Between Dependent & Independent Clauses
- Skill 8 Lesson
- Skill 8 Free Write
- Skill 8 Exit TicketÂ
Skill 9: Write Statements with the Conjunctions because, but, so
- Skill 9 Lesson
- Skill 9 Free Write
- Skill 9 Exit Ticket
Skill 10: Write Sentences Utilizing the Conjunctions before, after, when, whenever, if, even though, although, since, unless, while
- Skill 10 Lesson
- Skill 10 Free Write
- Skill 10 Exit Ticket
Skill 11: Write Statements, Questions, Commands, & Exclamations Utilizing Appositives
- Skill 11 Lesson
- Skill 11 Free Write
- Skill 11 Exit Ticket
Skill 12: Combine Simple Sentences into More Complex Sentences
- Skill 12 Lesson
- Skill 12 Free Write
- Skill 12 Exit Ticket
Objective 2: Sentence Expansion & Note Taking
- Objective 2 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 2 Post-Assessment
Skill 13: Utilize WH Questions to Expand Kernel Sentences
- Skill 13 Lesson
- Skill 13 Free Write
- Skill 13 Exit Ticket
Skill 14: Reduce Expanded Kernel Sentences to Keywords & Phrases, Abbreviations, & Symbols to Process Information & Take Notes Efficiently
- Skill 14 Lesson
- Skill 14 Free Write
- Skill 14 Exit Ticket
Skill 15: Fluently Expand & Reduce Kernel Sentences Using Sentence Expansion & Note-Taking Strategies
- Skill 15 Lesson
- Skill 15 Free Write
- Skill 15 Exit Ticket
Objective 3: The Single Paragraph Outline (SPO)
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Objective 3 Pre-Assessment
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Objective 3 Post-Assessment
Skill 16: Understand the Key Characteristics of a Paragraph & the Importance of Planning
- Skill 16 Lesson
- Skill 16 Free Write
- Skill 16 Exit Ticket
Skill 17: Prepare for the Planning & Outlining Step of the Writing Process: Identifying Topic, Audience, & Purpose (the What, the Who, the Why)
- Skill 17 Lesson
- Skill 17 Free Write
- Skill 17 Exit TicketÂ
Skill 18: Gain Familiarity with the Single Paragraph Outline (SPO)
- Skill 18 Lesson
- Skill 18 Free Write
- Skill 18 Exit TicketÂ
Skill 19: Distinguish Between Topic Sentences & Supportive Details
- Skill 19 Lesson
- Skill 19 Free Write
- Skill 19 Exit Ticket
Skill 20: Draft Topic Sentences That Sparkle
- Skill 20 Lesson
- Skill 20 Free Write
- Skill 20 Exit Ticket
Skill 21: Brainstorm Supportive Details About a Specific Topic & Learn to Select, Categorize,
& Sequence the Details onto the SPO
- Skill 21 Lesson
- Skill 21 Free Write
- Skill 21 Exit Ticket
Skill 22: Draft a Non-Repetitive Concluding Sentence that Sparkles
- Skill 22 Lesson
- Skill 22 Free Write
- Skill 22 Exit Ticket
Skill 23: Practice Further with the SPO (& Begin to Convert SPOs into Drafts)
- Skill 23 Lesson
- Skill 23 Free Write
- Skill 23 Exit Ticket
Objective 4: Further Developing Single Paragraph Responses
- Objective 4 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 4 Post-Assessment
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Skill 24: Create a Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) for Expository Writing
- Skill 24 Lesson
- Skill 24 Free Write
- Skill 24 Exit TicketÂ
Skill 25: Create a SPO for Compare & Contrast Writing
- Skill 25 Lesson
- Skill 25 Free Write
- Skill 25 Exit Ticket
Skill 26: Create a SPO for Narrative Writing
- Skill 26 Lesson
- Skill 26 Free Write
- Skill 26 Exit Ticket
Skill 27: Create a SPO for Descriptive Writing
- Skill 27 Lesson
- Skill 27 Free Write
- Skill 27 Exit Ticket
Skill 28: Create a SPO for Opinion Writing
- Skill 28 Lesson
- Skill 28 Free Write
- Skill 28 Exit Ticket
Objective 5: Revising & Editing a Draft
- Objective 5 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 5 Post-Assessment
Skill 29: Revise Unelaborated Paragraphs with a Focus on Sentences
- Skill 29 Lesson
- Skill 29 Free Write
- Skill 29 Exit TicketÂ
Skill 30: Identify Revisions That Were Made to Improve an Unelaborated Paragraph
- Skill 30 Lesson
- Skill 30 Free Write
- Skill 30 Exit Ticket
Skill 31: Incorporate Quotations to Strengthen an Unelaborated Piece of Writing
- Skill 31 Lesson
- Skill 31 Free Write
- Skill 31 Exit Ticket
Skill 32: Support Students in Moving Toward Independent Revision of Their Own Work
- Skill 32 Lesson
- Skill 32 Free Write
- Skill 32 Exit Ticket
Skill 33: Understand & Use Proofreading Symbols to Edit Writing
- Skill 33 Lesson
- Skill 33 Free Write
- Skill 33 Exit Ticket
Objective 6: SummarizingÂ
- Objective 6 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 6 Post-Assessment
Skill 34: Use Sentence Expansion Strategies to Write Single-Sentence Summaries
- Skill 34 Lesson
- Skill 34 Free Write
- Skill 34 Exit Ticket
Skill 35: Use the SPO to Summarize a Text by Mining it for Information Needed to Complete the OutlineÂ
- Skill 35 Lesson
- Skill 35 Free Write
- Skill 35 Exit Ticket
Skill 36: Understand How a “Combined Outline” can be Used to Summarize Content Covered in Social Studies, Science, or a Novel Study
- Skill 36 Lesson
- Skill 36 Free Write
- Skill 36 Exit Ticket
Objective 7: The Mult-Paragraph Outline (MPO)
- Objective 7 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 7 Post-Assessment
Skill 37: Understand How an MPO can be Used to Plan a Book Report
- Skill 37 Lesson
- Skill 37 Free Write
- Skill 37 Exit Ticket
Skill 38: Understand How a Book Report MPO can be Converted into a Multiple Paragraph Composition
- Skill 38 Lesson
- Skill 38 Free Write
- Skill 38 Exit Ticket
Skill 39: Understand How an MPO can be Used to Plan a Biography Composition
- Skill 39 Lesson
- Skill 39 Free Write
- Skill 39 Exit Ticket
Skill 40: Understand How a Biography MPO can be Converted into a Multiple Paragraph CompositionÂ
- Skill 40 Lesson
- Skill 40 Free Write
- Skill 40 Exit Ticket
Skill 41: Distinguish Between a Thesis Statement, General Statement, & Specific Statement within an Introductory Paragraph
- Skill 41 Lesson
- Skill 41 Free Write
- Skill 41 Exit Ticket
Objective 8: Taking a Stand (Writing Opinion, Pro-Con, & Argumentative Essays)
- Objective 8 Pre-Assessment
- Objective 8 Post-AssessmentÂ
Skill 42: Distinguish Between Fact & Opinion
- Skill 42 Lesson
- Skill 42 Free Write
- Skill 42 Exit Ticket
Skill 43: Prepare for Pro-Con/Argumentative Writing Through Sentence Level Practice (“because, but, so” & Subordinating Conjunctions)
- Skill 43 Lesson
- Skill 43 Free Write
- Skill 43 Exit Ticket
Skill 44: Prepare for Pro-Con/Argumentative Writing Through Sentence Level Practice (Sentence Expansion & Transition Words/Phrases)
- Skill 44 Lesson
- Skill 44 Free Write
- Skill 44 Exit Ticket
Skill 45: Identify & Rank Supporting Details (“Match Game,” Evaluate & Rank Evidence)
- Skill 45 Lesson
- Skill 45 Free Write
- Skill 45 Exit Ticket
Skill 46: Plan the “Pro Side” SPO for a topic (in Favor, Backed by Evidence)
- Skill 46 Lesson
- Skill 46 Free Write
- Skill 46 Exit Ticket
Skill 47: Plan the “Con Side” SPO for the Same Topic (Opposing, Backed by Evidence)
- Skill 47 Lesson
- Skill 47 Free Write
- Skill 47 Exit Ticket
Skill 48: Understand how Writers Plan & Draft a Four Paragraph Pro-Con MPO (That Includes a
Pro-Con Thesis Statement that Does not Take a Side)
- Skill 48 Lesson
- Skill 48 Free Write
- Skill 48 Exit Ticket
Skill 49: Verbally Construct a Thesis Statement for an Argumentative Piece
- Skill 49 Lesson
- Skill 49 Free Write
- Skill 49 Exit Ticket
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