Offering students choice in the topics they write about is definitely a time consuming endeavor for the teacher, but man oh man is it worth it.
On our district's curriculum map, students need to write two synthesis essays this quarter.
How they get there is left to my discretion.
So, for today's writing workshop video, I have a topic that many of our students grapple with at will (and with zeal and utmost conviction) ... who's the G.O.A.T.?
I'm a child of the '90s, and knowing that most of my students rhetorically bank their argument on the merits of contemporary players, I elected to go the route of Michael Jordan.
In the writing workshop video, I do my usual "Bob Ross" routine and demonstrate for students and teachers how to wield my declarative and inverted thesis heuristic (I model the introductory paragraph four times); I also have a number of exemplars to explain how to crank out really solid body paragraphs while employing the syllogistic method heuristic (I even model how to write the conclusion paragraph).
With that said, the process should be completely demystified by video's end ... setting your students up to write a stellar paper!
The slides featured in the video are available for download (look in the description)
SIDE NOTE: this writing workshop is part of my Change My Mind series. In my YouTube channel, there are videos on the following topics:
Change My Mind: The NFL is Rigged
Change My MInd: Tik Tok Kills Brain Cells
Change My Mind: Ban Cellphones in Schools Already
Change My Mind: The Government Should Have Banned Vaping Already
Change My Mind: Pot Was Legalized to Keep You Stupid
Change My Mind: Today's Music is Garbage
Reach out if you need anything.
Happy teaching and happy writing!
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