Write Source

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 1
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 1
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

25 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
Proof guide
Lesson 6
Basic grammar 3
Lesson 7
Descriptive Writing
Lesson 8
Narrative Writing 1
Lesson 9
Narrative Writing 2
Lesson 10
Expository Writing 1
Lesson 11
Expository Writing 2
Lesson 12
Practical Writing
Lesson 13
Persuasive Writing 1 
Lesson 14
Persuasive Writing 2
Lesson 15
Responding to literature 1
Lesson 16
Responding to literature 2
Lesson 17
Writing Poems
Lesson 18
Creative Writing,1
Lesson 19
Creative Writing,2
Lesson 20
Report Writing 1
Lesson 21
Report Writing 2
Lesson 22
Tools for Writing
Lesson 23
The Writer’s Resource
Lesson 24
Proofreader’s guide
Lesson 25
Proofreading 

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

30 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

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