Writing revolution

Several weeks ago I wrote about the general lessons learnt by teachers at my school while implementing and teaching using the Hochman Method as described in The Writing Revolution (TWR). Afterwards…

I'm sharing all of the The Writing Revolution-style lessons I've created, using content from our various curricula. Maybe you can use them, too!

What are Scrambled Paragraphs? Scrambled paragraphs are sentences taken from a complete paragraph for your students to rearrange. They are like puzzles your students will put back together using what they know about text structure. Teachers

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The Writing Revolution provides teachers with an evidence-based and proven instructional methodology, the Hochman Method Ⓡ The methodology rests on explicit, carefully sequenced instruction, building from sentences to compositions. The Hochman Method is not a separate writing curriculum but rather an approach designed to be adapted to and embedded in the content being taught in any

Lauren Brown's eighth grade social studies classes are undergoing a "writing revolution" since she's begun to apply the ideas and strategies of Judith Hochman.

Free printable Google Docs templates you can use to create writing activities, à la The Writing Revolution.

This is the blog version of my part of the joint #CogSciSci talk on Writing In Science with Pritesh Raichura and Matt Perks. The inspiration for me thinking about the writing of my students came from…

These teaching topic sentences lessons cover four types of topic sentences: If...Then, Even though, Since, and When. Download the FREE practice activity, too!

How do you teach your students to write longer, more interesting sentences? Sentence Go Round is a fun cooperative learning strategy where kids work with a group to revise and expand basic sentences. Banish run-on sentences and fragments forever!