Writing Our World™  Curriculum Map

Welcome to Writing Our World™ 6-8

• Terms of Use
• What is Writing Our World™?
• How to Support Writers Who Don’t Want to Write (Yet)
• Scope & Sequence 
• Integrations: Core Content
• Integration: Tier Two Vocabulary
• Integrations: Assistive Technology
• Assistive Technology Guide
• Integrations: Progress Monitoring 
• 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

• Getting Started: Writing Materials Lesson

• Getting Started: Capitalization & Punctuation Lesson

• Getting Started: Exit Ticket

Objective 1: Question Generating & Sentence Level Introduction

• Objective 1 Pre-Assessment
• Objective 1 Post-Assessment 

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 Sentence 

• Skill 2 Lesson
• Skill 2 Free Write
• Skill 2 Exit Ticket

Skill 3: Change Fragments into Complete Sentences 

• Skill 3 Lesson
• Skill 3 Free Write
• Skill 3 Exit Ticket 

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 Ticket 

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)

• Objective 3 Pre-Assessment

• 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 Ticket 

Skill 18: Gain Familiarity with the Single Paragraph Outline (SPO)

• Skill 18 Lesson
• Skill 18 Free Write
• Skill 18 Exit Ticket 

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

 

Skill 24: Create a Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) for Expository Writing

• Skill 24 Lesson
• Skill 24 Free Write
• Skill 24 Exit Ticket 

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 Ticket 

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: Summarizing 

• 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 Outline 

• 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 Composition 

• 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-Assessment 

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