The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades (Paperback)

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

Appendix

A. Expository-Writing Terms

B. Symbols and Abbreviations for Outlining

C. The Listening Evaluation Checklist

D. Proofreading Symbols

E. The Revise and Edit Checklist

F. Research Plan Time Sequence Sheet

G. Diagnostic Rubric Models

H. Writing Evaluation Checklist

I. Free Writing Rubric

J. Sample Pacing Guide, Grade 3

K. Sample Pacing Guide, Grades 7–8

Glossary

References

Index