John Collins Thinking & Writing Session 4

Description

The Collins Writing Program is designed to improve students’ thinking and writing skills simultaneously. It is based on three essential principles:

1. Thinking and writing skills develop with frequent, meaningful practice.
2. Most students develop writing and thinking skills incrementally through a variety of informal and formal writing experiences.
3. Each of the Five Types of Writing serves a distinct instructional purpose that is easily adapted to student needs and differences between subject areas.

The program provides districts with a unified K−12 program that can be used in all classrooms and in all subject areas. It is not another add-on increasing teachers’ workloads.