No.06Writing & scaffolding

Kātib

A writing companion to Readanah

From your first word to your own voice. Kātib walks learners up the whole ladder of writing — words, sentences, paragraphs, then a complete piece — for every Term 1 writing lesson, as a companion to Readanah.

Audience: Students & teachers · Cycle 2 & 3 · Grades 5–12
Availability: Live · Term 1, 2026–2027
Chapter: III · Reading & writing
Type: Platform · Writing & scaffolding

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Kātib sentence builder for Summarise how marketing influences consumers: the Words, Sentences, Paragraphs and Writing stepper with Sentences active and a word-ordering task below. — Sentences stage · Grade 12 General, Chapter 1katib-readanah.netlify.app

The classroom problem

Writing tasks often ask for a finished paragraph or essay from learners who are still unsure of the words and sentence patterns it needs. Without the steps in between, weaker writers copy, stall or hand in nothing — and stronger writers get no stretch.

Teachers need the scaffolds — word banks, frames, planners, checklists — matched to the lesson they are teaching, in a form they can print.

The response

Each writing lesson is a ladder of four stages. Words: meanings, word partners and spelling, with optional Arabic help. Sentences: order, complete, combine and expand. Paragraphs: from topic sentence to closing, with a frame when it is needed. Writing: plan, draft, check and improve a genre task.

Four help levels — First steps, Step by step, With hints and On my own — change the support and the word target, not the task. The example text opens only after a first try, and checks run on the device: Kātib gives guidance, never a mark.

A Free writing area adds five essay types at three bands, each with model essays and a plan. Every lesson links to the matching Readanah text, so reading and writing can follow the same lesson.

How it differs from its neighbours: UAE WordCraft is an academic writing studio with teacher annotation and rubric scoring; Writing Mechanics is a sixteen-lesson mechanics course still in development. Kātib is the scaffold between them — matched to the lesson, built in stages, and never marked.

Inside the product

The Words stage: word cards such as access, consume and consumers with meanings, word partners and Arabic help switched on. — Words · with Arabic help on

The Paragraphs stage with a frame of labelled lines: topic sentence, supporting detail, example, linking idea and closing sentence. — Paragraphs · using a frame

The Writing stage with help levels First steps, Step by step, With hints and On my own, a summary task, and helper panels for words, linking words and sentence starters. — Writing · four help levels

A five-part opinion essay plan: introduction, two body arguments, concession and rebuttal, and conclusion. — Free writing · five-part essay plan

The print centre with a lesson selected, quick packs and a checklist of student and teacher pages beside a word-bank preview. — Print centre · differentiated packs

A bilingual English and Arabic writing progress report for a synthetic demo student, Amber Falcon, in the public demo class. — Bilingual parent report · synthetic demo class

The writing ladder

Four stages for every lesson. The examples are taken from Grade 12 General, Chapter 1 (“Money… Talks!”), Lessons 7–8.

WordsMeanings, partners, spellingconsume — use up goods, food or energyيستهلك
SentencesOrder, complete, combine, expandEssential items ___ at the back of the store.
ParagraphsTopic sentence to closingOur research shows that consumers are influenced by…
WritingPlan, draft, check, improve — a 120–170-word summaryMy findings · Group them · Effect on consumers · Overall point

Free writing adds five essay types — opinion, discussion, advantages and disadvantages, problem and solution, double question — at three bands, each with model essays and a five-part plan.

Students and teachers

What students can do

Build a piece of writing in four stages, at their own help level
Switch on Arabic help in the word bank
Use frames, sentence starters, planners and a six-point checklist
Practise without an account — work is saved on the device

What teachers can do

Assign units and preview them as a student
Print differentiated packs: word bank, spelling, sentence exercises, paragraph builder, planner, writing sheet and checklist
Follow class progress through activity — never marks — and add a short comment
Send reports to parents and leaders in English, Arabic or both

Curriculum, print and privacy

Curriculum: UAE English CCG, Term 1, Grades 5–12, General and Advanced: 72 writing lessons drawn from 16 curriculum documents, 71 of them with a writing outcome. Terms 2 and 3 are not claimed.
Print: A print centre for every lesson: word bank, spelling, sentence exercises, paragraph builder, genre planner, prompt cards, writing sheet, checklist and teacher answer pages.
Languages: English writing with optional Arabic help in the word bank; parent and leadership reports in English, Arabic or bilingual.
Privacy & data: Checks run on the device — text is not sent to any grammar service or AI. No adverts, tracking or analytics. Class accounts use Google Firebase; the owner sees monthly totals only, never students’ names or writing.

Evidence

Measured outcomes: No measured attainment data is published for this platform. Descriptions above cover what the product does, not proven results.
Verification: Checked on the live site and its public demo class (“a synthetic class kept only in this browser”), 9 October 2026, including the curriculum coverage page built on 5 October 2026. The supplied address is Kātib itself, not a separate toolkit entry page.