Judith C Hochman, Natalie Wexler, Doug Lemov
The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback.
Insurmountable as the challenges faced by many students may seem, TWR can make a dramatic difference. And the method does more than improve writing skills. It also helps:
The Writing Revolution is as much a method of teaching content as it is a method of teaching writing. There's no separate writing block and no separate writing curriculum. Instead, teachers of all subjects adapt the TWR strategies and activities to their current curriculum and weave them into their content instruction.
But perhaps what's most revolutionary about the TWR method is that it takes the mystery out of learning to write well. It breaks the writing process down into manageable chunks and then has students practice the chunks they need, repeatedly, while also learning content.
While we need more research on how to teach writing effectively, the research that has been done supports TWR’s approach: deliberate practice of specific techniques, along with targeted feedback. TWR offers a clear, coherent method of instruction for any subject or grade level that turns struggling writers into strong communicators, deepens their understanding of content, and develops their analytical abilities.
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. Sentences: The Basic Building Blocks of Writing
Chapter 2. Sentence-Expansion and Note-Taking: Getting Students to Process What They’ve Read
Chapter 3. One Step at a Time: Why Students Need to Plan Before They Write
Chapter 4. First Steps in Planning: The Single-Paragraph Outline
Chapter 5. Putting Flesh on the Bones: Revising an Outline into a Paragraph
Chapter 6. Summarizing: Mining Texts for The Essentials
Chapter 7. Moving on to Compositions: The Multiple Paragraph Outline
Chapter 8. Take a Stand: Writing Opinion, Pro/Con, and Argumentative Essays
Chapter 9. A Gauge and a Guide: Assessing Students’ Writing
Chapter 10. Putting the Revolution Into Practice: Combining Our Sequence With Your Judgment
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index