diff --git a/languages/scheme/lib/Scheme/Generator.pm b/languages/scheme/lib/Scheme/Generator.pm
index 7584e9e025..51bc574c23 100644
--- a/languages/scheme/lib/Scheme/Generator.pm
+++ b/languages/scheme/lib/Scheme/Generator.pm
@@ -1694,6 +1694,9 @@ sub _op_char_ready_p {
 sub _op_write {
     my ( $self, $node ) = @_;
 
+    $self->_add_comment( 'start of _op_write' );
+    # die Dumper( $self, $node );
+
     my $temp = 'none';
 
     for ( _get_args($node) ) {
@@ -1707,13 +1710,30 @@ sub _op_write {
         }
     }
 
+    $self->_add_comment( 'end of _op_write' );
+
     return $temp;    # We need to return something
 }
 
 sub _op_display {
+    my ( $self, $node ) = @_;
+
+    return _op_write( @_ );
 }
 
 sub _op_newline {
+    my ( $self, $node ) = @_;
+
+    _num_arg( $node, 0, 'newline' );
+
+    return $self->_generate(
+        { children => [ { value => 'write' },
+                        { children => [ { value => q{"\n"}  },
+                                      ]
+                        },
+                      ],
+        }
+    );
 }
 
 sub _op_write_char {
diff --git a/languages/scheme/t/io/basic.t b/languages/scheme/t/io/basic.t
index 6b95b99dad..bef4c92a13 100644
--- a/languages/scheme/t/io/basic.t
+++ b/languages/scheme/t/io/basic.t
@@ -8,17 +8,58 @@ use warnings;
 use FindBin;
 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../../lib";
 
-use Test::More tests => 2;
+use Test::More tests => 9;
 use Parrot::Test;
 
-language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', '0', "basic write" );
+language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', '0', 'write, one integer' );
 (write 0)
 CODE
 
-language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', '01', "basic write" );
+language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', '01', 'write, two integers' );
 (write 0 1)
 CODE
 
+TODO:
+{
+  local $TODO = 'no support for strings yet';
+
+  language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', 'asdf', 'write, one string' );
+(write "asdf")
+CODE
+
+  language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', 'hello world', 'write, three strings' );
+(write "hello", " ",  "world")
+CODE
+}
+
+language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', '0', 'display, one integer' );
+(display 0)
+CODE
+
+language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', '01', 'display, two integers' );
+(display 0 1)
+CODE
+
+TODO:
+{
+  local $TODO = 'no support for strings yet';
+
+  language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', 'asdf', 'display, one string' );
+(display "asdf")
+CODE
+
+  language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', 'hello world', 'display, three strings' );
+(display "hello", " ",  "world")
+CODE
+
+  language_output_is( 'Scheme', <<'CODE', "\n17\n", 'display, three strings' );
+(newline)
+(write 17)
+(newline)
+CODE
+}
+
+
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