First, students learn one of the eighteen thinking tools. Each tool is described with help from a graphic outline. Next, students apply the tool to a given task, noting all of their thinking inside the graphic as they work. After sharing their thoughts in groups, students use one of several mini-outlines to organise their notes. With a specific audience and purpose in mind, the students write a draft of their thoughts.
Peers evaluate drafts with the help of review questions.
Finally, students select drafts to polish and save in a portfolio at the back of each Think, Note, Write book. Final page pictures and summarises all of the thinking tools. A valuable resource for completing activities suggested in the Think, Note, Write teacher guides or for independent writing assignments. Teacher guides contain instructional suggestions, sample responses, plus a philosophy of the series. A bonus section integrates the thinking tools with literature by offering thinking and writing tasks for commonly taught fiction and non-fiction.