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Units of Study in Writing, Grades 6-8

The Units of Study in Writing series is designed to help students to become strategic, metacognitive writers. Within and across grades, the units fit tongue-and-groove alongside each other. Together, they help students consolidate and use what they have learned to meet world-class standards for each grade. 

Units of Study

Each grade has four units, providing a cross-grade sequence in Informational, Opinion, and Narrative Writing. Each unit is organized into two or three “bends.” Typically, the first bend introduces skills and concepts, the second bend goes deeper, and the third bend offers new ways to apply the learning. Skills and concepts introduced in one unit are revisited and strengthened, both within and across grade levels.

A Guide to the Writing Workshop 

An overview of the essential routines of a writing workshop that describes the writing development of the four core genres. This resource also guides teachers in establishing a classroom environment that cultivates engaged and independent writers.

Writing Pathways

Contains the assessment system for the 6–8 Units of Study in Writing. This resource also includes on-demand prompts, rubrics, checklists progressions, exemplar texts, and annotated benchmark pieces of writing, at each level for all four genres.  

Trade Book Pack

Each Trade Book Pack includes grade-level appropriate books that teachers use as mentor texts to model the skills and strategies they want students to try. 

Online Resources

Online Resources provide digital access to all the printed books in the core Units of Study set (Units, Guide, etc.), along with a rich array of resources to support each unit. These resources include downloadable versions of charts, handouts, book lists, exemplar texts, and more – all arranged session by session to streamline each day’s preparation.

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