Scope and Sequence
Building Better
Vocabulary
Original
Student Writing
•How Is an Essay
Organized?
•Common Essay Forms
•Example Essays
•How Do You Write an
Introduction?
•What Is the Role of the
Thesis Statement?
•What Is in the Body of
an Essay?
•Connectors and Transition
Words
•What Does the Conclusion
of an Essay Do?
•Practicing
Three Kinds
of Vocabulary
from Context:
Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Collocations
Original Student Writing:
Write an essay practicing
the steps.
•The Writing Process
•Step 1: Choose a Topic
•Step 2: Brainstorm
•Step 3: Outline
•Step 4: Write the First
Draft
•Step 5: Get Feedback from
a Peer
•Step 6: Revise the First
Draft
•Example Essay
•Step 7: Proofread the
Final Draft
•Practicing
Three Kinds
of Vocabulary
from Context:
Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Collocations
Unit
Writing
1 p. 2
What Is an
Essay?
2 p. 32
Understanding
the Writing
Process: The
Seven Steps
3 p. 52
Paraphrasing,
Summarizing,
Synthesizing,
and Citing
Sources
•Using Information from
Sources
•Methods of Citing Sources
in Your Paper
•Avoiding Plagiarism
•Paraphrasing,
Summarizing,
Synthesizing
Grammar
for Writing
Photo Topic: Write
about the
accomplishments you
hope to achieve in
your life.
Timed Writing Topic:
Write about a famous
person you would like
to meet.
Original Student Writing:
Write an essay practicing
the steps.
Photo Topic: Write
about an adventure you
have had.
Timed Writing Topic:
Write your opinion
about whether all
students should study a
foreign language.
Original Student Writing:
Write an essay using two
original sources.
Photo Topic: Write
about three
international foods.
Timed Writing Topic:
Write about why
teaching kindergarten is
a difficult job.
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Grammar
for Writing
Building Better
Vocabulary
Original
Student Writing
•What Is a Process Essay?
•How Is a Process Essay
Organized?
•Great Topics for Process
Essays
•Strong Thesis Statements
for Process Essays
•Transitions and
Connectors in Process
Essays
•Subject-Verb
Agreement
•Suffixes
•Practicing
Three Kinds
of Vocabulary
from Context:
Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Collocations
Original Student Writing:
Write a process essay.
•What Is a Comparison
Essay?
•How Is a Comparison
Essay Organized?
•Great Topics for
Comparison Essays
•Strong Thesis Statements
for Comparison Essays
•Transitions and
Connectors in Comparison
Essays
•Comparative
Forms
•Parallel
Structure
•Practicing
Three Kinds
of Vocabulary
from Context:
Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Collocations
Original Student Writing:
Write a comparison
essay.
•What Is a Cause-Effect
Essay?
•How Is a Cause-Effect
Essay Organized?
•Great Topics for
Cause-Effect Essays
•Strong Thesis Statements
for Cause-Effect Essays
•Transitions and
Connectors in
Cause-Effect Essays
•Consistent
Verb Tense
Usage
•Sentence
Fragments
•What Is an Argument
Essay?
•How Is an Argument Essay
Organized?
•Great Topics for
Argument Essays
•Strong Thesis Statements
for Argument Essays
•Strong Counterargument
and Refutation
Statements for Argument
Essays
•Transitions and
Connectors in Argument
Essays
•Modals
•-ly Adverbs
of Degree
Unit
Writing
4 p. 72
Process
Essays
5 p. 102
Comparison
Essays
6 p. 132
Cause-Effect
Essays
7 p. 160
Argument
Essays
8 p. 192
What Is a
Research
Paper?
•Writing a Research Paper
•Steps in Writing a
Research Paper
•An Example Research
Paper
Photo Topic: Write about
how to build or create
something.
Timed Writing Topic:
Write about how to
prepare for final exams.
Photo Topic: Compare
and contrast two travel
destinations.
Timed Writing Topic:
Compare good bosses
and bad bosses.
•Practicing
Three Kinds
of Vocabulary
from Context:
Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Collocations
Original Student Writing:
Write a cause-effect essay.
Photo Topic: Write about
the causes and effects
of pollution on the
environment.
Timed Writing Topic:
Write about causes and
effects of a challenging
situation in your life.
•Practicing
Three Kinds
of Vocabulary
from Context:
Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Collocations
Original Student Writing:
Write an argument essay.
Photo Topic: Write about
whether older people
should have a driver’s
license.
Timed Writing Topic:
Write about whether
people should eat a
vegetarian diet.
Original Student Writing:
Write a research paper.
Photo Topic: How did
one person influence the
outcome of a U.S. war?
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