--- product_id: 45757298 title: "The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades" price: "€ 94.53" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/45757298-the-writing-revolution-a-guide-to-advancing-thinking-through-writing store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades **Price:** € 94.53 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades - **How much does it cost?** € 94.53 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/45757298-the-writing-revolution-a-guide-to-advancing-thinking-through-writing) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback. Insurmountable as the challenges faced by many students may seem, The Writing Revolution can make a dramatic difference. And the method does more than improve writing skills. It also helps: Boost reading comprehension Improve organizational and study skills Enhance speaking abilities Develop analytical capabilities The Writing Revolution is as much a method of teaching content as it is a method of teaching writing. There's no separate writing block and no separate writing curriculum. Instead, teachers of all subjects adapt the TWR strategies and activities to their current curriculum and weave them into their content instruction. But perhaps what's most revolutionary about the TWR method is that it takes the mystery out of learning to write well. It breaks the writing process down into manageable chunks and then has students practice the chunks they need, repeatedly, while also learning content. Review: Great resource for content area writing in homeschool setting - I found The Writing Revolution while searching for “content area writing” and “writing across the curriculum” resources to use in homeschooling my daughter. While some materials that are written for the classroom are hard to put into practice in a homeschooling situation, such is not the case with this book. Rather, having tried several homeschool writing curricula, and not having found anything that really “clicked” for us, I feel like I have found what I have been looking for in this book. Some of the things that this book advocates and that work well in the homeschool setting are: starting with what the student is able to do, not what they “should” be able to do according to age or grade level; using the student’s work to inform instruction; using a “gradual release of responsibility” model (I don’t remember this exact term being used in the book, but it addresses starting with modeling, then doing activities together, and gradually moving towards students being able to do things independently); and writing in the content areas to reinforce what is being learned in subject areas such as history and science, rather than having a separate writing curriculum that is unrelated to what is being studied in other areas. In some ways, I think this method would be easier to apply in the homeschool than the classroom, because it is easier to differentiate instruction when you are working with fewer students, who are usually different ages, and homeschooling parents are more likely to be teaching multiple subjects to their children, so integrating writing instruction with content area learning makes sense and is easier to implement than in a school setting where, at least at the secondary level, you are more likely to have different teachers for different subjects. The only drawback I can see in a homeschool setting is that more teacher preparation is required compared to other homeschool writing curricula, because the lessons are meant to be integrated into the content areas, and are not all pre-planned. This might make it difficult for a homeschooling parent who is juggling multiple children of various ages, especially if they have babies and toddlers in the mix (I only have two kids, ages 12 and 16, and am only homeschooling my 12 year old). But the benefit of this method is that it will help you to provide a very individualized writing program that can be easily adapted to your child’s needs and abilities. Review: The best guide to teaching writing skills! - This is an excellent book containing a wealth of practical wisdom on teaching writing. The approach is grounded in research on best practices and the activities and strategies are explained in a clear, straighforward way that is very accessible to anyone implementing them. The methods are simultaneously both highly structured and flexible. The sentence level work is so valuable for students and often missing from other approaches to writing instruction. Explicitly teaching and providing deliberate practice with high impact grammatical structures like appositives and subordinate clauses is a brilliant move, effectively giving students important tools for thinking. The outlining template is excellent and makes a whole lot more sense than the multitude of graphic organizers students are often given and too often confused by. The sharp focus on embedding writing instruction in the content of the curriculum is critically important. This guide provides not only the broad strokes and a detailed blueprint for putting it into practice, but also a number of valuable nuggets of guidance and tips (how to prevent unintended confusion when giving students sentence expansion activiites; avoiding highlighters because students tend to highlight too much when using them; asking students to create multiple topic sentences for the same topic, etc.). The book also contains many useful photocopiable resources. It deserves a spot on every teacher's shelf; I know I'll be referring to it often! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #51,832 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #50 in Common Core #122 in Language Arts Teaching Materials #139 in Educational Certification & Development | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,395 Reviews | ## Images ![The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/910ZcgNxYjL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great resource for content area writing in homeschool setting *by A***R on July 1, 2018* I found The Writing Revolution while searching for “content area writing” and “writing across the curriculum” resources to use in homeschooling my daughter. While some materials that are written for the classroom are hard to put into practice in a homeschooling situation, such is not the case with this book. Rather, having tried several homeschool writing curricula, and not having found anything that really “clicked” for us, I feel like I have found what I have been looking for in this book. Some of the things that this book advocates and that work well in the homeschool setting are: starting with what the student is able to do, not what they “should” be able to do according to age or grade level; using the student’s work to inform instruction; using a “gradual release of responsibility” model (I don’t remember this exact term being used in the book, but it addresses starting with modeling, then doing activities together, and gradually moving towards students being able to do things independently); and writing in the content areas to reinforce what is being learned in subject areas such as history and science, rather than having a separate writing curriculum that is unrelated to what is being studied in other areas. In some ways, I think this method would be easier to apply in the homeschool than the classroom, because it is easier to differentiate instruction when you are working with fewer students, who are usually different ages, and homeschooling parents are more likely to be teaching multiple subjects to their children, so integrating writing instruction with content area learning makes sense and is easier to implement than in a school setting where, at least at the secondary level, you are more likely to have different teachers for different subjects. The only drawback I can see in a homeschool setting is that more teacher preparation is required compared to other homeschool writing curricula, because the lessons are meant to be integrated into the content areas, and are not all pre-planned. This might make it difficult for a homeschooling parent who is juggling multiple children of various ages, especially if they have babies and toddlers in the mix (I only have two kids, ages 12 and 16, and am only homeschooling my 12 year old). But the benefit of this method is that it will help you to provide a very individualized writing program that can be easily adapted to your child’s needs and abilities. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best guide to teaching writing skills! *by Y***A on September 4, 2017* This is an excellent book containing a wealth of practical wisdom on teaching writing. The approach is grounded in research on best practices and the activities and strategies are explained in a clear, straighforward way that is very accessible to anyone implementing them. The methods are simultaneously both highly structured and flexible. The sentence level work is so valuable for students and often missing from other approaches to writing instruction. Explicitly teaching and providing deliberate practice with high impact grammatical structures like appositives and subordinate clauses is a brilliant move, effectively giving students important tools for thinking. The outlining template is excellent and makes a whole lot more sense than the multitude of graphic organizers students are often given and too often confused by. The sharp focus on embedding writing instruction in the content of the curriculum is critically important. This guide provides not only the broad strokes and a detailed blueprint for putting it into practice, but also a number of valuable nuggets of guidance and tips (how to prevent unintended confusion when giving students sentence expansion activiites; avoiding highlighters because students tend to highlight too much when using them; asking students to create multiple topic sentences for the same topic, etc.). The book also contains many useful photocopiable resources. It deserves a spot on every teacher's shelf; I know I'll be referring to it often! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This should be on every teacher's required reading. *by T***Y on July 30, 2023* This makes year 37 for me, and I have taught ELA for the entirety of my career. There are a lot of techniques and procedures in this book that I had been using for years, but this past year one of my colleagues suggested this book to me. Of course, I ordered it immediately, and I am blown away! This book makes writing instruction so approachable, no matter what discipline you teach. The author addresses building blocks to help alleviate the monumental task of writing for students and even suggests ways for teachers to avoid the grading essays plague. This is a must-have for teachers, no matter what grade level or class subject! ## Frequently Bought Together - The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades - The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects - The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/45757298-the-writing-revolution-a-guide-to-advancing-thinking-through-writing](https://www.desertcart.be/products/45757298-the-writing-revolution-a-guide-to-advancing-thinking-through-writing) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-07-07*