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Writing Academy Ecosystem Guide

The full set of supports that surround each writing lesson, and how they connect.
PURPOSE
This page explains the set of supports that surrounds each writing lesson and how they connect.
RATIONALE
Every support grows from the same passage and prompt, so a teacher can use one piece or the whole system and the pieces stay connected.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Read the guide from top to bottom for the full picture, or open the part that matches the support you plan to use.
Every lesson in the Writing Academy sits inside a small ecosystem of supports that all grow from the same passage and the same prompt. A teacher can use one piece or the whole system, and the pieces stay connected because they all point back to one text. Here is the ecosystem around each lesson, with a link to where each part lives.
One passage. One prompt.
Everything below grows from the same text, so the thread stays connected all week.
The Ecosystem Around Each Lesson
The teacher plan, the student materials, the music, the assessments, and the home connection.
Teacher Lesson Plans
The daily plan is the instructional backbone, about twenty minutes a day of direct instruction in process, genre, and evidence.
Open teacher resources →
Interactive Student Workbooks
The student side of the same lesson, where writers do the reading, the evidence work, and the response for the module.
Open the workbooks →
Click Along Slide Decks
The slides carry the daily lesson step by step, so the class moves through the module together.
Open the slide decks →
Songs and Music
The Writing Process songs build automaticity and stick the skill in memory, used before, during, or after the lesson.
Open music and literature →
Assessments and Progress Monitoring
The assessments show what a student understands and name the next instructional step, on the same five level ladder.
Open assessments →
Home and Core Connection
The Connection Activities tie each module to the core curriculum a district already uses, so families see one connected story.
See the connections →
Explore more of the ecosystem
Explore the Dashboard → Songs and Sing Alongs → Learning Literature → Supports for All Learners → Scope and Sequence → Purpose and Implementation Framework →