Yesterday I mentioned a recent article that was published in the JAAL.
Secondary ELA teachers were asked to rate themselves on a scale from 1-10 with regards to their comfort and ability to teach both literature and composition.
As far as the teaching of literature goes, the average score was 8.2%.
This number makes sense to me. Most of us enter the profession because we love literature and we can teach it in our sleep.
But the research also looked at our comfort level and effective abilities to teach writing.
There’s a big dip – only 3.8%.
So, clearly there is a ginormous schism between how we teach literature and how we instruct writing especially with regards to our comfort level.
Over the years, I have worked with hundreds of teachers.
The single biggest deficit is writing instruction.
All of us can look at an essay and say things like:
· There’s not enough textual support or analysis
· The quote transitions are abrupt
· Passive voice is holding this kid back
· Too much plot analysis
· Where’s the thesis?
But do we have the tools in our professional kit to help a student address these concerns?
Do we have what it takes to make our students absolutely flourish as writers?
Making the observation is easy, but how do you get to the “SO WHAT?” of your findings?
In this two-hour intensive, we will explore how my groundbreaking templates can be used uniformly across the expository modes.
So, whether it be literary analysis, rhetorical analysis, argument, persuasion, synthesis or research – students can either declare or invert the thesis.
Works like magic every single time.
And likewise, as the student moves into the body paragraphs, they can employ the syllogistic method without fail.
Further, during our session together, we will explore what it means to take the Bob Ross approach to teaching writing.
Students and teachers often look at each FRQ as being standalone tasks.
They aren’t.
How you tackle one is how you tackle them all – that’s the beauty of these templates.
If you’d like more information, please reach out or visit my webpage at http://teachinghow2write.com/advanced-placement-strategies-success/
Happy teaching and happy writing!
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