The Hochman Method®: 3–12 Refresher
Revisit the core principles of the Hochman Method® at your own pace. This self-guided training helps educators review key strategies, refresh skills, and continue building students’ writing, comprehension, and critical thinking with flexible, on-demand modules.
To enroll in Refresher Training, educators need to have completed The Hochman Method: 3–12 or Advancing Thinking Through Writing (Grades 3–12)
Membership includes:
- 12-month access to 4 on-demand modules
- 12-month access to MyTWR Tools
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Our Refresher Training is designed for educators who have already completed our Introduction to the Hochman Method® course and want to revisit its foundational principles at their own pace. This flexible, self-guided experience allows participants to move freely through modules—reviewing strategies, videos, and examples as needed.- Use a variety of sentence structures;
- Plan, organize, draft, and revise paragraphs and compositions;
- Take efficient and effective notes;
- And more!
Who is it for?
- This training is open to all educators and administrators who have previously completed one of our introductory trainings (ATTW 3-12, THM 3-12, THM K-2, or THM STEM)
Training preview
Training Agenda
- Introduction to the Hochman Method®
- Developing Questions
- Appositives
- Sentence Types
- Transitions
- Sentence-Combining
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Basic Conjunctions (because, but, so)
- Sentences & Fragments
- Note-taking
- The Single-Paragraph Outline (SPO)
- Single-Paragraph Outline Scaffolds
- Revising Topic & Concluding Sentences
- The Unelaborated Paragraph
- The Summary Sentence
- Varying Vocabulary
- Giving Students Feedback
- Summarizing with the Single-Paragraph Outline
- Transition Outline
- Multiple-Paragraph Outline
- Introduction and Conclusion Paragraphs
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