In today's writing workshop video, I have students tussling with a pithy essential question: Does SpongeBob Squarepants have any pedagogical merit for its intended age demographic?
While the Socratic Seminar was hotly contested, the writing was even hotter!
Embracing my inner-Bob Ross of Composition, I "paint" how to cobble together the introductory paragraph several times while employing my inverted and declarative thesis heuristic.
After seeing me at the helm a few times, the process should be completely demystified for your students.
From here, we look at how to construct the body paragraphs with the syllogistic method heuristic.
In these student exemplars, you and your students can see firsthand how to sustain cogent lines of reasoning all while seamlessly incorporating the source material.
And for good measure, we even model how to tag a conclusion paragraph.
By the end of the video workshop (just by hitting pause and play), your students will have a full knowledge on how to construct a super engaging synthesis essay.
The slides featured in the writing workshop video are available for download in the video's description.
Happy teaching and happy writing!
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