Up my sleeve today, I have some tricks for hammerin' home the thesis for all of my AP friends ... and even my 9th-12th friends as well.
With my AP Language students and on-level juniors, I often use classic commercials to teach the rhetorical appeals.
Further, we use these commercials to practice intros for FRQ 2 (Rhetorical Analysis).
In today's writing workshop video, I spotlight two classic beer commercials: Hamms Land of Clear Blue Waters & Guinness "Wheelchair."
Per usual, I "Bob Ross" how to pull the strings of my declarative thesis template.
And for my AP Literature friends and on-level seniors looking for some FRQ 1 & FRQ 2 practice ...
I used two fantastic short films entitled "Yo Te Quiero" and "Interior Disaster" to showcase how to construct an inverted thesis for the purposes of performing literary analysis.
Both films are a great launching pad into discussion of how to perform allegorical reads ... a fantastic segue to revisit our octopus friend.
The writing workshop videos have plenty of exemplars and models so that the process is nicely delineated for your students.
With both exercises, this is a great way not only to practice writing introductions, but to accurately ascertain authorial intent and the construction of meaning.
As always, if you'd like the slides so that you can host your own writing workshop with your students, just drop me a line.
Keep in mind that registration opens today for my Teach It "Write" 5 Week Mastermind hosted by The National Writing Project.
We will be meeting for five consecutive weeks beginning January 8th at 7 p.m. EST live in Zoom. Sessions are an hour long and replays are available. NWP will be awarding completion badges indicating ten hours for those needing to fulfill PD requirements
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