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The STRUCTURES

instructional routine

Writing to Win® is a set of three routines for writing based learning. Schools have used

them separately or together for over 20 years with significant results.

UNDERSTANDINGS

: short writing to learn core standards

STRUCTURES

for the extended writing process

PATTERNS

: teaching grammar through writing

Current data for STRUCTURES

appears here. While the hallmarks of implemen-

tation are in-class demonstrations and online monitoring of student and teacher prac-

tices, a STRUCTURES

routine includes:

 Five key practices of teaching and learning

 More than a dozen modes of writing in argumentative/opinion, informative/

explanatory and narrative genres

 Organizational wall charts and instructional tools

The writing tasks are

 Responses or analyzes of reading texts

 Multi-paragraph drafts

 Paced (25-30 minutes a minimum of twice a week)

 Focused on quality of writing style, ideas and organization.

Average Learning Retention Rates established the power of writing to solidify what

students learn. The likelihood that learning new knowledge will solidify ranges from

Mode of Learning

Percent

 Listening

05%

 Reading

10%

Passive Learning

 Viewing a video

20%

 Observing a demonstration

30%

 Participating in a discussion

50%

 Writing a version of the knowledge

75%

Active Learning

 Teachers others

90%

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