Dr Alice R-T

The @TheWritingRevol / Hochman method is built on sentence-level instruction. Our next evolution: when students write CERs using the single paragraph outline, I am explicitly teaching them to start evidence sentences with transitional phrases and extend them with because, but, or so. This structure helps students make relationships in evidence explicit, including explanation, contrast, and cause and effect, within a single sentence. I’ll share student examples soon, as I’ve done before. The improvement in their writing has been remarkable since I began using sentence-level instruction. Most importantly, when students have clear sentence structures and strong knowledge of a topic, writing becomes far less overwhelming. I’m also seeing something unexpected: students are far more willing to write, and even enjoy it, because they now have the knowledge and sentence tools needed to express their thinking clearly.

NEW RESOURCE: I’ve been experimenting with @Xris32 style ‘phrase banks’ over the past term to much success! Here are the AIC ones I’ve used in my class. Great discussions had over what each phrase means and how we can use them appropriately and effectively in our writing. Use/chuck: dropbox.com/scl/fo/ptem7ct…