Towards A Common Language:
Writing A Thesis Statement Across the Curriculum

A Guide for Instructional and Literacy Coaches

          What if every teacher in a school shared a common language, the same vocabulary for teaching writing? How would that improve student achievement? When a student enters  math class, science, social studies, physical education, art, music, each teacher uses the same terms to instruct students on how to develop a thesis statement and supporting sentences. What if parents used the same bank of terms when reading their students papers at home?

          The three documents in the frames were developed by me for teachers in some of the middle and high schools I served as a coach. In some schools, the teachers worked with a computer teacher to make the PowerPoint  more user friendly for parents and teachers. Feel free to set up a wiki and revise it to suit your situation. P.S I had to save the script for the PowerPoint in a separate document (compatibility issues).