Writing Progression Map
How the ten writing anchor skills build, from drawing and dictating opinions in kindergarten to sustained research and argument in high school.
Hover a standard to trace what it builds on and what it leads to. Click for details. Solid lines are essential prerequisites, dashed lines are supporting connections. A dashed outline marks a connected standard from a neighboring topic.
How to read this map
Each chip is one standard, placed in its grade. A line between two standards means the earlier one was verified as a prerequisite for the later one, against the official framework documents and published curriculum progressions. If a student is stuck on a standard, look one column left. If they have mastered it, the lines to the right show where that skill goes next. Every chip links to a full breakdown of the standard with teaching ideas. How these connections are verified.
All standards on this map, as a list
Arguments
W.1.1 → W.2.1 → W.3.1 → W.4.1 → W.5.1 → W.6.1 → W.7.1 → W.8.1 → W.9-10.1 → W.11-12.1 → W.K.1
Informative writing
W.1.2 → W.2.2 → W.3.2 → W.4.2 → W.5.2 → W.6.2 → W.7.2 → W.8.2 → W.9-10.2 → W.11-12.2 → W.K.2
Narratives
W.1.3 → W.2.3 → W.3.3 → W.4.3 → W.5.3 → W.6.3 → W.7.3 → W.8.3 → W.9-10.3 → W.11-12.3 → W.K.3
Planning and revising
W.1.5 → W.2.5 → W.3.5 → W.4.5 → W.5.5 → W.6.5 → W.7.5 → W.8.5 → W.9-10.5 → W.11-12.5 → W.K.5
Writing with technology
W.1.6 → W.2.6 → W.3.6 → W.4.6 → W.5.6 → W.6.6 → W.7.6 → W.8.6 → W.9-10.6 → W.11-12.6 → W.K.6
Research projects
W.1.7 → W.2.7 → W.3.7 → W.4.7 → W.5.7 → W.6.7 → W.7.7 → W.8.7 → W.9-10.7 → W.11-12.7 → W.K.7
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