Judith C. Hochman is the founder of The Writing Revolution, a not-for-profit organization serving educators both in the United States and internationally. She is the former superintendent of the Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District in Hastings, New York, and the head of The Windward School in White Plains, New York. Dr. Hochman is the founder of the Windward Teacher Training Institute and the author of many articles and books on the topic of writing. Natalie Wexler is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—And How to Fix It. She has a Substack newsletter, Minding the Gap, and her writing on education has appeared in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She was the host of the first season of the Knowledge Matters Podcast, a six-episode series called Reading Comprehension Revisited. Kathleen Maloney is the chief operating officer of The Writing Revolution, where she brings her passion for literacy and experience in education to her role, overseeing the organization’s daily operations and strategizing its future direction in collaboration with the co-CEOs. Before joining the team, she was an English teacher and literacy coach using The Hochman Method in her own classroom and leading its school-wide implementation.

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• Dedication ixAcknowledgments xAbout the Authors xiForeword xiiiLetter to Readers xxiiiChapter 1: Introduction: Why You Need a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom 1Section I: SentencesChapter 2: Sentences: Learning the Fundamentals 31Chapter 3: Sentence Expansion and Note-Taking: Elaborating on Information 45Chapter 4: Sentences: Introducing Variety and Complexity 67Section II: Writing at LengthChapter 5: Planning before Writing: Determining the Shape of What’s to Come 113Chapter 6: A Simple, Linear Guide: Introducing the Single-Paragraph Outline 125Chapter 7: Revision: Putting It All Together 157Chapter 8: Summarizing: Finding the Main Idea of a Text 177Chapter 9: Moving On to Compositions: The Transition Outline and the Multiple-Paragraph Outline 187Chapter 10: Taking a Stand: Writing Opinion, Pro/Con, and Argumentative Essays 227Section III: How to Assess Writing and Adapt the Hochman Method to Your ClassroomChapter 11: A Gauge and a Guide: Assessing Students’ Writing 263Chapter 12: Revolutionizing Learning: Embedding Writing Activities into Content 279Chapter 13: Putting the Method into Practice: Leave No Strategy Behind 289Appendixes A. Expository Writing Terms 309B. Abbreviations and Symbols 311C. Transition Words and Phrases 312D. Proofreading Symbols 313E. Student Revise and Edit Checklist 314F. Writing Assessment Checklists 315G. Single-Paragraph Outline 321H. Single-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 322I. Summary Sentence 323J. Pre-Transition Outline (2 Paragraphs) 324K. Pre-Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 325L. Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 326M. Transition Outline (4 Paragraphs) 327N. Transition Outline (5 Paragraphs) 328O. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (3 Paragraphs) 329P. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (4 Paragraphs) 330Q. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (5 Paragraphs) 331R. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 332Glossary 333Index 343

Judith C. Hochman is the founder of The Writing Revolution, a not-for-profit organization serving educators both in the United States and internationally. She is the former superintendent of the Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District in Hastings, New York, and the head of The Windward School in White Plains, New York. Dr. Hochman is the founder of the Windward Teacher Training Institute and the author of many articles and books on the topic of writing. Natalie Wexler is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—And How to Fix It. She has a Substack newsletter, Minding the Gap, and her writing on education has appeared in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She was the host of the first season of the Knowledge Matters Podcast, a six-episode series called Reading Comprehension Revisited. Kathleen Maloney is the chief operating officer of The Writing Revolution, where she brings her passion for literacy and experience in education to her role, overseeing the organization’s daily operations and strategizing its future direction in collaboration with the co-CEOs. Before joining the team, she was an English teacher and literacy coach using The Hochman Method in her own classroom and leading its school-wide implementation.

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• Dedication ixAcknowledgments xAbout the Authors xiForeword xiiiLetter to Readers xxiiiChapter 1: Introduction: Why You Need a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom 1Section I: SentencesChapter 2: Sentences: Learning the Fundamentals 31Chapter 3: Sentence Expansion and Note-Taking: Elaborating on Information 45Chapter 4: Sentences: Introducing Variety and Complexity 67Section II: Writing at LengthChapter 5: Planning before Writing: Determining the Shape of What’s to Come 113Chapter 6: A Simple, Linear Guide: Introducing the Single-Paragraph Outline 125Chapter 7: Revision: Putting It All Together 157Chapter 8: Summarizing: Finding the Main Idea of a Text 177Chapter 9: Moving On to Compositions: The Transition Outline and the Multiple-Paragraph Outline 187Chapter 10: Taking a Stand: Writing Opinion, Pro/Con, and Argumentative Essays 227Section III: How to Assess Writing and Adapt the Hochman Method to Your ClassroomChapter 11: A Gauge and a Guide: Assessing Students’ Writing 263Chapter 12: Revolutionizing Learning: Embedding Writing Activities into Content 279Chapter 13: Putting the Method into Practice: Leave No Strategy Behind 289Appendixes A. Expository Writing Terms 309B. Abbreviations and Symbols 311C. Transition Words and Phrases 312D. Proofreading Symbols 313E. Student Revise and Edit Checklist 314F. Writing Assessment Checklists 315G. Single-Paragraph Outline 321H. Single-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 322I. Summary Sentence 323J. Pre-Transition Outline (2 Paragraphs) 324K. Pre-Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 325L. Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 326M. Transition Outline (4 Paragraphs) 327N. Transition Outline (5 Paragraphs) 328O. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (3 Paragraphs) 329P. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (4 Paragraphs) 330Q. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (5 Paragraphs) 331R. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 332Glossary 333Index 343

Judith C. Hochman is the founder of The Writing Revolution, a not-for-profit organization serving educators both in the United States and internationally. She is the former superintendent of the Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District in Hastings, New York, and the head of The Windward School in White Plains, New York. Dr. Hochman is the founder of the Windward Teacher Training Institute and the author of many articles and books on the topic of writing. Natalie Wexler is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—And How to Fix It. She has a Substack newsletter, Minding the Gap, and her writing on education has appeared in the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She was the host of the first season of the Knowledge Matters Podcast, a six-episode series called Reading Comprehension Revisited. Kathleen Maloney is the chief operating officer of The Writing Revolution, where she brings her passion for literacy and experience in education to her role, overseeing the organization’s daily operations and strategizing its future direction in collaboration with the co-CEOs. Before joining the team, she was an English teacher and literacy coach using The Hochman Method in her own classroom and leading its school-wide implementation.

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• Dedication ixAcknowledgments xAbout the Authors xiForeword xiiiLetter to Readers xxiiiChapter 1: Introduction: Why You Need a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom 1Section I: SentencesChapter 2: Sentences: Learning the Fundamentals 31Chapter 3: Sentence Expansion and Note-Taking: Elaborating on Information 45Chapter 4: Sentences: Introducing Variety and Complexity 67Section II: Writing at LengthChapter 5: Planning before Writing: Determining the Shape of What’s to Come 113Chapter 6: A Simple, Linear Guide: Introducing the Single-Paragraph Outline 125Chapter 7: Revision: Putting It All Together 157Chapter 8: Summarizing: Finding the Main Idea of a Text 177Chapter 9: Moving On to Compositions: The Transition Outline and the Multiple-Paragraph Outline 187Chapter 10: Taking a Stand: Writing Opinion, Pro/Con, and Argumentative Essays 227Section III: How to Assess Writing and Adapt the Hochman Method to Your ClassroomChapter 11: A Gauge and a Guide: Assessing Students’ Writing 263Chapter 12: Revolutionizing Learning: Embedding Writing Activities into Content 279Chapter 13: Putting the Method into Practice: Leave No Strategy Behind 289Appendixes A. Expository Writing Terms 309B. Abbreviations and Symbols 311C. Transition Words and Phrases 312D. Proofreading Symbols 313E. Student Revise and Edit Checklist 314F. Writing Assessment Checklists 315G. Single-Paragraph Outline 321H. Single-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 322I. Summary Sentence 323J. Pre-Transition Outline (2 Paragraphs) 324K. Pre-Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 325L. Transition Outline (3 Paragraphs) 326M. Transition Outline (4 Paragraphs) 327N. Transition Outline (5 Paragraphs) 328O. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (3 Paragraphs) 329P. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (4 Paragraphs) 330Q. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (5 Paragraphs) 331R. Multiple-Paragraph Outline (Book Report) 332Glossary 333Index 343