Write source course plan overview

G1-8th grade

Write Source is a student-friendly, complete language arts curriculum that integrates grammar, usage, and mechanics within an authentic writing context.

With writing at the core of the program, students will learn the six traits of effective writing (ideas, organization, voice , word choice, sentence fluency, conventions) and the steps of the writing process (prewriting, writing, revising, editing, publishing) while writing on cross-curricular topics.

G1

25 Lessons

Lesson 1 The writing process 1

Lesson 2 The writing process 2

Lesson 3 Descriptive Writing

Lesson 4 Narrative Writing 1

Lesson 5 Narrative Writing 2

Lesson 6 Expository Writing 1

Lesson 7 Expository Writing 2

Lesson 8 Persuasive Writing 1

Lesson 9 Persuasive Writing 2

Lesson 10 Response to Literature 1

Lesson 11 Response to Literature 2

Lesson 12 Creative Writing, 1

Lesson 13 Creative Writing 2

Lesson 14 Writing Poems

Lesson 15 Report Writing 1

Lesson 16 Report Writing 2

Lesson 17 Tools for learning 1

Lesson 18 Tools for learning 2

Lesson 19 Words 1

Lesson 20 Words 2

Lesson 21 The Writer’s Resource 1

Lesson 22 The Writer’s Resource 2

Lesson 23 Proofreader’s Guide 1

Lesson 24 Proofreader’s Guide 2

Lesson 25 Theme Words

G2

25 Lessons

Lesson 1 The writing process 1

Lesson 2 The writing process 2

Lesson 3 Descriptive Writing

Lesson 4 Narrative Writing 1

Lesson 5 Narrative Writing 2

Lesson 6 Expository Writing 1

Lesson 7 Expository Writing 2

Lesson 8 Persuasive Writing 1

Lesson 9 Persuasive Writing 2

Lesson 10 Response to Literature 1

Lesson 11 Response to Literature 2

Lesson 12 Creative Writing, 1

Lesson 13 Creative Writing 2

Lesson 14 Writing Poems

Lesson 15 Report Writing 1

Lesson 16 Report Writing 2

Lesson 17 Multimedia Presentation

Lesson 18 Tools for learning

Lesson 19 Basic Grammar 1

Lesson 20 Basic Grammar 2

Lesson 21 Basic Grammar 3

Lesson 22 The Writer’s Resource 1

Lesson 23 The Writer’s Resource 2

Lesson 24 Proofreader’s Guide 1

Lesson 25 Proofreader’s Guide 2

G3

30 Lessons

Lesson 1
The writing process 1
Lesson 2
The writing process 2
Lesson 3
Working with words 1
Lesson 4
Working with words 2
Lesson 5
Writing sentences and preparing for tests 1
Lesson 6
Writing sentences and preparing for tests 2
Lesson 7
Proof guide editing for Mechanics
Lesson 8
Descriptive Writing 1
Lesson 9
Descriptive Writing 2
Lesson 10
Writing a Narrative Paragraph
Lesson 11
Narrative Writing across the Curriculum
Lesson 12
Expository Writing 1
Lesson 13
Expository Writing 2
Lesson 14
Expository Writing across the Curriculum
Lesson 15
Persuasive Writing
Lesson 16
Revising
Lesson 17
Across the Curriculum
Lesson 18
Responding to Literature
Lesson 19
Book Review for Nonfiction
Lesson 20
Giving Speeches
Lesson 21
Creative Writing
Lesson 22
Research Writing
Lesson 23
Report Writing
Lesson 24
Multimedia Presentation
Lesson 25
Journals
Lesson 26
Taking Tests
Lesson 27
The Writer’s Resource 1
Lesson 28
The Writer’s Resource 1
Lesson 29
Responding to a tall tale
Lesson 30
Finding your Voice Writer’s source

G4

30 Lessons

Lesson 1
The writing process 1
Lesson 2
The writing process 2
Lesson 3
Working with words 1
Lesson 4
Working with words 2
Lesson 5
Writing sentences and preparing for tests 1
Lesson 6
Writing sentences and preparing for tests 2
Lesson 7
Proof guide editing for Mechanics
Lesson 8
Descriptive Writing 1
Lesson 9
Descriptive Writing 2
Lesson 10
Writing a Narrative Paragraph
Lesson 11
Narrative Writing across the Curriculum
Lesson 12
Expository Writing 1
Lesson 13
Expository Writing 2
Lesson 14
Expository Writing across the Curriculum
Lesson 15
Persuasive Writing
Lesson 16
Revising
Lesson 17
Across the Curriculum
Lesson 18
Responding to Literature
Lesson 19
Book Review for Nonfiction
Lesson 20
Giving Speeches
Lesson 21
Creative Writing
Lesson 22
Research Writing
Lesson 23
Report Writing
Lesson 24
Multimedia Presentation
Lesson 25
Journals
Lesson 26
Taking Tests
Lesson 27
The Writer’s Resource 1
Lesson 28
The Writer’s Resource 1
Lesson 29
Responding to a tall tale
Lesson 30
Finding your Voice Writer’s source

G5

30 Lessons

Lesson 1
The writing process 1
Lesson 2
The writing process 2
Lesson 3
Basic Grammar 1
Lesson 4
Basic Grammar 2
Lesson 5
Basic Grammar 3
Lesson 6
Proof Guide
Lesson 7
Writing Paragraphs
Lesson 8
Descriptive Writing 1
Lesson 9
Descriptive Writing 2
Lesson 10
Narrative Writing 1
Lesson 11
Narrative Writing 2
Lesson 12
Narrative Writing 3
Lesson 13
Revising your Narrative
Lesson 14
Expository Writing 1
Lesson 15
Expository Writing 2
Lesson 16
Expository Writing 3
Lesson 17
Persuasive Writing 1
Lesson 18
Persuasive Writing 2
Lesson 19
Persuasive Writing 3
Lesson 20
Literature Responding 1
Lesson 21
Literature Responding 2
Lesson 22
Literature Responding 3
1Lesson 23
Creative Writing 1
Lesson 24
Creative Writing 2
Lesson 25
Report Writing 1
Lesson 26
Report Writing 2
Lesson 27
The Tools of Learning 1
Lesson 28
The Tools of Learning 2
Lesson 29
The Writer’s Resource 1
Lesson 30
The Writer’s Resource 2

G6

25 Lessons

Lesson 1 The writing process 1

Lesson 2 The writing process 2

Lesson 3 Basics of Grammar

Lesson 4 Proof Guide 1

Lesson 5 Proof Guide 2

Lesson 6 Descriptive Writing 1

Lesson 7 Descriptive Writing 2

Lesson 8 Narrative Writing 1

Lesson 9 Narrative Writing 2

Lesson 10 Narrative Writing 3

Lesson 11 Expository Writing 1

Lesson 12 Expository Writing 2

Lesson 13 Persuasive Writing 1

Lesson 14 Persuasive Writing 2

Lesson 15 Persuasive Writing 3

Lesson 16 Responding to Literature 1

Lesson 17 Responding to Literature 2

Lesson 18 Responding to Literature 3

Lesson 19 Creative Writing 1

Lesson 20 Report Writing 1

Lesson 21 Report Writing 2

Lesson 22 Report Writing 3

Lesson 23 The Tools for Learning 1

Lesson 24 The Tools for Learning 2

Lesson 25 Write Resource

G7

30 Lessons

Lesson 1

G8

30 Lessons

Lesson 1a

Course Plan

Lesson 1: A writer’s resource Part 1: (ideas, voices, organization)

Lesson 2: A writer’s resource Part 2: (sentence fluency and presentation)

Lesson 3: Punctuation and mechanics 

Lesson 4: Using the right words and part of speech 

Lesson 5: Descriptive Writing 

Lesson 6: Narrative Writing Part 1 paragraphs 

Lesson 7: Narrative Writing Part 2 essays 

Lesson 8: Expository Writing Part 1 paragraphs 

Lesson 9:  Expository Writing Part 2 essays

Lesson 10: Response to paragraphs and fiction books

Lesson 11: Response to non- fiction books and poems

Lesson 12: Creative writing Part 1: Write add-on stories 

Lesson 13: Creative writing Part 2: Creating a play 

Lesson 14: Creative writing Part 3: Writing Poems

Lesson 15: Research Writing Part 1 (contents vary from grades to grades)

 
Course Plan

Lesson 16: Research Writing Part 2 (contents vary from grades to grades)

Lesson 17: The Tools of Learning Part 1 (contents vary from grades to grades)

Lesson 18: The Tools of Learning Part 2 (contents vary from grades to grades)

Lesson 19: Working with Words Part 1 Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs

Lesson 20: Working with Words Part 2 adjectives, adverbs 

Lesson 21: Working with Words Part 3 prepositions and conjunctions 

Lesson 22: Sentence styles and combining sentences

Lesson 23: Kinds of sentences and sentence modeling 

Lesson 24: Building paragraphs Part 1

Lesson 25: Building paragraphs Part 2