Maybe it's because we're moving into the belly of the holiday season, but I felt like my students could use a jolt ...
So I borrowed a page out of of Steven Blake Crowder's "Change My Mind" playback.
Holy provocative assertion --- Tik Tok Kills Brain Cells!!
We had an amazing Socratic Seminar centering around the topic, which then segued into our writing workshop whereby I "Bob Ross-ed" how to construct an argument essay while pulling the strings of my templates.
With my on-level juniors, this was our third argument paper of the year, so I didn't have to do much modeling.
Check out the quality of the writing ... this is some good stuff!
My heart is full seeing my students do so well this early in the year.
They're buying in and really grasping how to construct essays across the expository modes while incorporating my templates.
The following question re-frames everything: How Would Bob Ross Get Students to Think on Paper?
In taking a quasi-Bob Ross approach to the teaching of composition, I'm truly witnessing a classroom of writers absolutely flourish and take off.
This coming Saturday (December 10th) at 11 a.m. EST, the National Writing Project and I are hosting a two-hour intensive live in Zoom around that essential question: How Would Bob Ross Get Students to Think on Paper?
This is a perfect PD opportunity for teachers who are not seeing the growth and maturation they want and expect from their student writers.
It's also a great match for any teacher wanting some quick fixes for lagging student engagement.
We'll be pulling out all the punches - participants will have a full-immersion experience with my templates (we'll study each of the expository modes); we'll learn guaranteed ways to ensure that your students sustain that pesky line of reasoning without fail ... we'll even explore everything from my edible graphic organizers to my gamification and edutainment strategies.
Hope to see you there!
Happy teaching and happy writing!
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