Writing Scope and Sequence Guides

Comprehensive Weekly Pacing Guides

These planning documents are designed to help you organize and pace your writing instruction throughout the school year.

The Planning Guide (PDF) provides a recommended sequence of lessons for 30 weeks of instruction. The accompanying Pacing Tool is customizable, allowing you to adjust the pace and sequence to align with your curriculum, instructional schedule, and students' needs.

Download the Planning Guide (PDF) along with your preferred Pacing Tool, available in Google Slides or PowerPoint format.

Reading Aligned Writing Pacing Guides

These Reading Alignment Guides offer an optional side-by-side planning approach for intentionally integrating explicit writing instruction with your core reading program. Designed to complement—not replace—your existing literacy instruction, the guides help you make meaningful connections between reading and writing while maintaining Empowering Writers' recommended instructional sequence. The extension lessons are provided in our digital All In One Hub resources.