[eBook Code] The Writing Revolution (eBook Code, 1st)

Acknowledgments vii

About the Authors ix

Foreword xi
Doug Lemov

Introduction: How to Lead a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom—and Why You Need One 1

1 Sentences: The Basic Building Blocks of Writing 23

2 Sentence Expansion and Note-Taking: Getting Students to Process What They’ve Read 55

3 One Step at a Time: Why Students Need to Plan Before They Write 69

4 First Steps in Planning: The Single-Paragraph Outline 83

5 Putting Flesh on the Bones: Revising a Draft 111

6 Summarizing: Mining Texts for the Essentials 138

7 Moving on to Compositions: The Multiple-Paragraph Outline 152

8 Take a Stand: Writing Opinion, Pro-Con, and Argumentative Essays 179

9 A Gauge and a Guide: Assessing Students’ Writing 204

10 Putting the Revolution Into Practice: Combining Our Sequence With Your Judgment 218

Appendixes 235

A. Expository Writing Terms 237

B. Abbreviations and Symbols 239

C. Listening Evaluation Checklist 240

D. Proofreading Symbols 241

E. Revise and Edit Checklist 242

F. Research Plan Time Sequence Sheet 243

G. Sample Pacing Guide (Grade 3) 244

H. Sample Pacing Guide (Grades 7–12) 246

I. Single-Paragraph Outline 247

J. Summary Sentence 248

K. Combined Outline 249

L. Transition Outline (2 Paragraphs) 250

M. Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 251

N. Single-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 252

O. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (3 Paragraphs) 253

P. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (4 Paragraphs) 254

Q. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (5 Paragraphs) 255

R. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 256

Glossary 257

Index 265