This webinar provides TWR activities and tips for how to teach your students to use note-taking symbols. We will show you ways to practice two high-leverage note-taking symbols—the “equal sign” and the “side arrow”—using sentence-level strategies through the Gradual Release model of “I Do,” “We Do,” and “You Do.”
In this “Watch and Learn” video, we review the customizable TWR note-taking templates available in the Resource Library. Specifically, we explore templates designed for students to use when annotating a text. Note-taking is a critical skill, but one that students often do not develop naturally. Explicitly teaching students a structured note-taking system can greatly enhance […]
In this “Watch and Learn,” explore the new Pre-Transition Outline (PTO) and Transition Outline (TO) from The Writing Revolution 2.0. Designed for students progressing to multi-paragraph writing, these outlines support those not yet ready to tackle full introductions and conclusions. Discover how the PTO and TO templates provide structure to help students organize their ideas […]
This Watch & Learn video provides educators with practical strategies for using deliberate practice to help students not only master TWR strategies but also apply these skills as they revise unelaborated paragraphs and transition into independent writing. Additionally, it explores two approaches for planning and integrating a series of TWR activities into the content they […]