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THINKING AND WRITING PROCESS
High
School Social Studies - Research
Papers and Essays
EMPOWER YOUR
STUDENTS TO THINK WITH SELF-RELIANCE.
RESEARCH
PAPERS and ESSAYS - Simplified and Practical: If your students are
not familiar with this process, you will begin with the Level
3 Teacher’s
Guide: Teaching Research Papers and Expository Essays. Once inexperienced
students get past their first time of taking notes, you’ll be thrilled
with how quickly they grasp the flow of the strategies! After one or two experiences
you can lead most of them into independently following the Level
3 Writer’s
Guide: Think, Organize, Write!. What’s more, if your students
have learned Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 in elementary and/or middle school,
they come
to you ready to use Level 3. After you’ve taught them to be independent
with this Level 3, rest assured that this process will serve them for many
years.
What do students do? Students begin by taking notes on cards, thinking
about them, sorting them, and organizing them on a topic outline. They then
write an introductory paragraph, topic paragraphs in their outlined order,
and a concluding paragraph. Finally, they edit, proofread, and publish their
expository papers.
After one or two experiences, most students can be eased into the Level
3 Writer’s
Guide and quickly become self-reliant, freeing you to mingle among them, observe
them, help them individually, and help dependent students who need closer direction.
How can some strategies help you lead meaningful group discussions
of students’ thinking? Some of the strategies throughout
this process cause students to think about their notes. You can use these
same strategies to ask your class open, focused questions. They inspire
thought-filled discussions that strengthen understandings of your assignments
in health, science, and social studies. Rely on the Teacher’s
Guide to help you plan and ask these questions.
Check my website for freebies, sneak peeks, details, products,
and order information. Share this with teachers. Order your
own Level 3 Teacher’s
and Writer’s
Guides. Empower your
students with independence in taking notes, thinking with them, organizing
them, and writing expository reports and essays. Your impact will serve
them for many, many years.
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Thea
Holtan
