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The Core Knowledge Foundation provides open access to content-rich curriculum materials for preschool through grade 8, including the Core Knowledge Curriculum Series™, with many materials now available and many more in development. Check the boxes below to sort by subject, grade level, or both. Click on the title to find resources for that unit.

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Congratulations! You have completed reading and discussing The Writing Revolution. Now that you have interacted with individual activities for your grade level and a year-long writing plan, consider your first steps toward implementing this method. Post your impressions and first steps below.

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Use the activity checklist for your grade level, starting with expanding and building upon activities from previous grades.

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In this folder, you will find writing standards lists by grade level. Modify for your own instructional tracking or as a portfolio tool for individual students.

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Although this chapter is aimed for middle and high school writers, there are some elements that can be incorporated into elementary instruction, especially evaluating evidence and integrating transitions. Discuss an activity from this chapter that you can use with your students this year.

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Thesis statement practice for grades 4 and 5!

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Use or modify for grades 4 and 5!

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This is a resource from They Say / I Say by Graf and Birkenstein. The entire book is worth reading, but listed here are a variety of templates to support academic writing, including introducing quotations.

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See this resource folder for supporting students in writing transitions.

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Look through your Twig units and identify writing prompts inviting muliti-paragraph compositions. Post the grade, unit name, and prompt below.

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Consider the steps suggested for outlining a multi paragraph composition. Is this a new approach for you? What are the benefits to planning this way? What might be challenging about this approach?

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Look at one of your Twig units and identify a writing task that could be supported with this Three Paragraph Outline. Post the prompt below.

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Summary Sentence: A 3rd grade lesson based on the work of Judith Hochman and the Writing Revolution

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At this point, you may be able to expand your work with The Writing Revolution to other topics. How could you use this summary outline with your students?

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This chapter includes support for revising and editing drafts of paragraphs. Which strategies did you find intriguing? How will you support revision at the paragraph level? Note, the online resources contain printables for the transition words on page 123.

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Attached is a template for a single paragraph outline. What other activities in this chapter (Reverse the Process, Creating Topic and Concluding Sentences, Using Notes to Create Outlines, Creating Multiple Topic Sentences) do you think could be useful for your students?

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Paragraph Organization: Find the Topic Sentence

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Paragraph Organization: Find the Topic Sentence

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Use a Twig Science unit to create a Find the Topic Sentence activity. Share the link below.

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What is one passage or section from this chapter that resonated with you? How will this impact how you teach writing?

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Create a Sentence Expansion activity for your students using a Twig Science unit. How would you support students in writing their expansion sentences?

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Examine the note-taking resource on page 239. What other note-taking abbreviations would be helpful for your students as they use the Twig Science curriculum? Make a copy of the model above to modify it, or consult with your colleagues to develop a note-taking guide.

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Create a Sentence Combining activity using a Twig Science unit, and post the link below.

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Because, But, and So Sentence Expansion Activity

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Create an activity for students to practice using appositive phrases for one of your Twig units. Post the link below.

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Create an activity practicing the use of conjunctions in writing using a Twig topic that you currently teach.

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The Power of Basic Conjuncitons Activity Model

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Create a Question Writing Activity and post the link below.

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Create a Sentence Types activity for a Twig unit that you teach, and post the link here. Feel free to comment on others' activities!

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Four Basic Sentence Types Activity Model

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How comfortable are you with teaching grammar?

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How comfortable are you with teaching grammar?

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Sentence Unscrambling & Run-On Sentence Activity

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Sentence Unscrambling & Run-On Sentence Activity

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Make your own Sentence Unscrambling and Run-On Sentence activities, and post the link below. Feel free to comment on your colleagues' activities!

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Sentence Unscramble & Run-On Correcting Activities Model

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Using content from your current Twig Science unit, create a Find the Fragment activity for your students on a google doc. Post the link below (and make sure sharing settings allow us to access it!)

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Of the 6 Principles of the Writing Revolution detailed here, which is new / intriguing to you? How does this change how you see writing instruction?