Empower students to think with Self-Reliance

Thea Holtan

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Staff Development Directors - Research Papers and Essays


Writing Curriculum	Teacher's Guides	Student Writer's Guide	Student's Video Tapes

EMPOWER YOUR STUDENTS TO THINK WITH SELF-RELIANCE.

RESEARCH PAPERS and ESSAYS - Simplified and Practical: Students come to teachers with varying experiences in using media and preparing research reports. The Writer’s Guides can help them to catch up, to refresh, or to continue using the process.

Your staff wants students to produce papers in the basic expository structure. If your staff teaches Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 in elementary, students will come to Middle School and High School ready to use Level 3. They will know the basic process of notes, categories, an outline, and a paper with an introductory paragraph, topic paragraphs with topic sentences, and a concluding paragraph. However, if students are not familiar with this process, teachers will begin with non-optional steps in the Level 3 Teacher’s Guide: Teaching Research Papers and Expository Essays. Once inexperienced students get past their first time of taking notes, your staff will be thrilled with how quickly they grasp the flow of the strategies! After two or three experiences with all of the steps, teachers can lead most students into independently following the Level 3 Writer’s Guide: Think, Organize, Write!

What do students do? First students take notes on cards, think about them, sort them, and organize them on a topic outline. Then they 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 through this process, many students can be eased into the Level 3 Writer’s Guide. They will quickly become self-reliant, freeing you and their teachers to mingle among them, observe them, help them individually, and help dependent students who need closer direction.

Check my website for freebies, sneak peeks, details, products, and order information. Share this with teachers. Order your own Level 1 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.