Are you noticing your students struggling to transform their ideas into words on a page?
If so, this isn’t an uncommon challenge to have. Visual writing organizers, templates, and outlines are helpful, especially at the start of a child’s writing journey. However, some students don’t learn how to write detailed, well-crafted sentences or how to revise those sentences effectively.
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The FIX Strategy’s 3 Key Writing Components
After years of research, development, and classroom implementation, The FIX Strategy has proven to be an effective evidence-based revising method for students. This method combines language processing skills and self-regulation techniques to maximize a student’s writing potential.
“Focus” ensures all necessary elements of the writing piece are included.
“Identify” gives students a chance to find problems within their writing to confirm its message communicates exactly what was intended.
“EXecute” teaches students how and when to add, delete, move, or rewrite text throughout their papers before submitting it for a grade or peer review.
1. Explore Mind Mapping Concepts
Before students begin writing, they need a solid plan. The Write Turn teaches them how to brainstorm effectively and organize their ideas into categories. This helps students clarify their thoughts and ensures they’re ready to start writing with purpose and direction.
2. Growing Ideas With Details
Once a student has their ideas organized, The Write Turn further challenges them to turn those ideas into detailed, grammatically correct sentences. They learn to craft sentences using proper punctuation and even advanced punctuation to develop their creative writing style. This step encourages students to build depth and clarity in their writing.
3. Revise Quickly For Quality Enhancement
The structured approach of the The FIX Strategy helps students move beyond surface-level corrections, focusing instead on revisions that truly enhance their writing. Specifically, they learn how to question and think critically about their work; to make changes that elevate the content and quality of their essays.
Writing & Academic Success Share A Critical Connection
The 2024 Nation’s Report Card reveals that a third of 8th graders are not reading at the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) basic level. The results are even more alarming for writing. In the most recent assessment, only 33% of 8th grades and 24% of 12th graders scored at or above a proficient writing level. Only 1-2% of American high school seniors could write a persuasive essay at an advanced level. While templates can provide initial writing support, students are not learning HOW to get their thoughts on the template; and certainly are not learning HOW and WHEN to make revisions that can improve the quality of their essays. What’s more, these templates often become a crutch – leaving students struggling with clear expression and revision skills when they reach high school. Many students won’t ask for help because they end up feeling too ashamed or embarrassed to reach out. These same students also have difficulties revising their work to align with standards for school, test-taking, career, and college applications.
The Write Turn addresses these issues by emphasizing writing mechanics and critical thinking over perfectionism – helping students develop into confident, independent writers.
We Prepare Students With Practical & Proven Writing Strategies
Spark conversation with your child or students by having them think about what they want to do professionally. They may not realize that writing is also a career requirement outside of “normal” writing spaces like a research scientist writing a technical report; a lawyer hammering out detailed legal revisions for their client’s case; a teacher writing a student’s progress report; or a business professional preparing a proposal.
Getting students to relate to writing strategies is a challenge for both parents and educators. Sign up for a summer writing session to simplify the process.