Strategy:
Sentences & Fragments, Scrambled Sentences, Sentence Expansion, Sentence Types, Developing Questions, Basic Conjunctions: because, but, so, Subordinating Conjunctions, Transitions, Appositives, Sentence Combining, Blank Single-Paragraph Outlines (SPOs), SPO Scaffold: Distinguish T.S. from details, SPO Scaffold: Eliminate irrelevant detail(s), SPO Scaffold: Given details, generate T.S., SPO Scaffold: Given TS, sequence details, SPO Scaffold: Given T.S., eliminate irrelevant detail, SPO: Book Report, Underlining Key Words and Phrases, Thesis, specific, general (TSG), Transition Outline (TO), Pre-Transition Outline (PTO), Summary Sentence, Unelaborated Paragraph, Vary Vocabulary, Improve T.S. & C.S., Converting Notes to Sentences, Converting Sentences to Notes, General, specific, thesis (GST), Multiple-Paragraph Outline (MPO), Single-Paragraph Outline, SPO Scaffold: Given T.S., generate C.S., SPO Scaffold: Given T.S., generate details, SPO Scaffold: Given topic/prompt, generate T.S., SPO Scaffold: Identify T.S. & sequence details, SPO Scaffold: Given T.S., select relevant details, SPO Scaffold: Given T.S. & details, generate C.S., Taking Notes
Grade Level:
K-2, 3-12
TWR’s method rests on six basic principles. Download the list of these principles below and explore in-depth explanations of each one in our book, The Writing Revolution 2.0.