The Writing Revolution 2.0

Auteur

Judith C. Hochman is the founder of The Writing Revolution, a not-for-profit organization serving educators both in the United States and internationally. She is the former superintendent of the Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District in Hastings, New York, and the head of The Windward School in White Plains, New York. Dr. Hochman is the founder of the Windward Teacher Training Institute and the author of many articles and books on the topic of writing. Natalie Wexler is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System-And How to Fix It. She has a Substack newsletter, Minding the Gap, and her writing on education has appeared in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She was the host of the first season of the Knowledge Matters Podcast, a six-episode series called Reading Comprehension Revisited. Kathleen Maloney is the chief operating officer of The Writing Revolution, where she brings her passion for literacy and experience in education to her role, overseeing the organization's daily operations and strategizing its future direction in collaboration with the co-CEOs. Before joining the team, she was an English teacher and literacy coach using The Hochman Method in her own classroom and leading its school-wide implementation.

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Improve your students' writing with The Writing Revolution 2.0, a timely update to the globally successful writing guide The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. Used by hundreds of thousands of teachers, this model, also known as The Hochman Method, implements targeted techniques to help all students develop the writing and thinking skills they need most. In this Second Edition, the authors provide specific user-friendly examples and a reorganized sequence of strategies, giving educators practical tools for weaving TWR into their existing curriculum. This is the ultimate guide to helping your students become effective communicators, readers, and learners. "The Writing Revolution truly makes a difference, so schools, teachers, and students should follow this roadmap to excellence."
-- Anita Archer, author of Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching "Drawing on thousands of hours of onsite work with teachers, The Writing Revolution 2.0 is a testament to the authors' belief that good writing instruction is within the grasp of all teachers and that, indeed, it must be their charge."
-- Barbara Davidson, president of StandardsWork, Inc. and executive director of the Knowledge Matters Campaign "Grounded in The Writing Revolution's research on writing instruction, this supremely practical book provides teachers, administrators, and other practitioners with a robust guide for building students' writing ability and knowledge."
-- Esther Klein Friedman, Ph.D., retired executive director of Literacy and Academic Intervention, NYC Department of Education; literacy learning specialist

Résumé
Lead a writing revolution in your classroom with the proven Hochman Method Teachers at all grade levels are expected to bring students' writing ability up to rigorous state standards, but there is little reliable guidance on how to do that. Teachers need a road map for teaching writing, and The Writing Revolution offers just that. This bestseller shows K-12 educators how they can incorporate The Hochman Method of writing instruction in their instruction, no matter what subject they're teaching or the grade or ability level of their students. This new edition builds on the success of the first and adds valuable new guidance for all educators. With even more student-facing examples, it's easier than ever to incorporate the method into your classroom. The Writing Revolution isn't a separate curriculum or program teachers need to juggle. Rather, it is a method providing strategies and activities that teachers can adapt to their preexisting curriculum and weave into their content instruction. By focusing on specific techniques that match their students' needs and providing them with targeted feedback, teachers will find they can turn weak writers into strong and confident communicators. With The Writing Revolution, you can help your students: Identify comprehension gaps Boost reading comprehension and learning Improve organizational and study skills Enhance speaking abilities * Develop analytical capabilities The Writing Revolution takes the mystery out of teaching students to write well.

Contenu

Dedication ix Acknowledgments x

About the Authors xi

Foreword xiii

Letter to Readers xxiii

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why You Need a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom 1

SECTION I: Sentences

Chapter 2: Sentences: Learning the Fundamentals 31

Chapter 3: Sentence Expansion and Note-Taking: Elaborating on Information 45

Chapter 4: Sentences: Introducing Variety and Complexity 67

SECTION II: Writing at Length

Chapter 5: Planning before Writing: Determining the Shape of What's to Come 113

Chapter 6: A Simple, Linear Guide: Introducing the Single-Paragraph Outline 125

Chapter 7: Revision: Putting It All Together 157

Chapter 8: Summarizing: Finding the Main Idea of a Text 177

Chapter 9: Moving On to Compositions: The Transition Outline and the Multiple-Paragraph Outline 187

Chapter 10: Taking a Stand: Writing Opinion, Pro/Con, and Argumentative Essays 227

SECTION III: How to Assess Writing and Adapt the Hochman Method to Your Classroom

Chapter 11: A Gauge and a Guide: Assessing Students' Writing 263

Chapter 12: Revolutionizing Learning: Embedding Writing Activities into Content 279

Chapter 13: Putting the Method into Practice: Leave No Strategy Behind 289

Appendixes

A. Expository Writing Terms 309

B. Abbreviations and Symbols 311

C. Transition Words and Phrases 312

D. Proofreading Symbols 313

E. Student Revise and Edit Checklist 314

F. Writing Assessment Checklists 315

G. Single-Paragraph Outline 321

H. Single-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 322

I. Summary Sentence 323

J. Pre-Transition Outline (2 Paragraphs) 324

K. Pre-Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 325

L. Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 326

M. Transition Outline (4 Paragraphs) 327

N. Transition Outline (5 Paragraphs) 328

O. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (3 Paragraphs) 329

P. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (4 Paragraphs) 330

Q. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (5 Paragraphs) 331

R. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 332

Glossary 333