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A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Argumentative Writing

…things I can already do; maybe you’re curious like that, too. Before I start, I should note that what I describe in this post is a fairly formulaic style of essay writing. It’s not exactly the 5-paragraph essay, but it definitely builds on that model. I strongly believe students should be shown how to move past those kinds of structures into a style of writing that’s more natural and fitting to the task and audience, but I also think they should start with something that’s pretty clearly organized. So here’s how I teach argumentative essay writing. Step 1: Watch How It’s Done One of the…

How to Use ChatGPT as an Example Machine

…generate their responses. That doesn’t mean I think there shouldn’t have opportunities to use tech during assessments; rather, educators must know the purpose of the assessment and create the conditions necessary to elicit a response that we can assess what students know and can be able to do. Linda Oshman In order to get numerous examples for an English assessment, I first had to create an essay that included the criteria we were looking for. I then input the essay into ChatGPT and asked it to turn the essay into a rap, a diary entry, a talk show, and a…

16 Ideas for Student Projects Using Google Docs, Slides, and Forms

…can also benefit from them. Learn more about how Screencastify works right inside Chrome. Forms Peer Survey Whenever students need to gather data to support an argumentative essay or speech, let them gather data quickly and easily by creating a survey with Google Forms. Links to the survey can be sent out via email, QR codes, or through a post in a learning management system like Edmodo or Google Classroom. When results come in, students can use them to support whatever claim they are trying to make in their argument, or make adjustments based on what they discover in their…

Using Playlists to Differentiate Instruction

…documents on the playlist need permission to view. I have asked for permission, and hope you will grant this to me *fingers crossed* Thanks for an awesome resource! Tracy Enos HI Tiffany! That’s great! Our dystopian themed book clubs are a huge hit with my 8th graders. Please send me an email to request the documents and we can chat. Tenos@westwarwickpublicschools.com. Megan Niki – I’d love to connect with you! I teach WA state social studies and am hoping to get into blended learning/playlists. Natassia Carswell I love all of your playlist, but especially the argumentative essay playlist. How are…

A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing

…with 4th and 5th graders, but Jenn definitely wouldn’t recommend going any younger. The main reason for this is that some of the mini-lessons in the unit could be challenging for students who are still concrete thinkers. You’d likely need to do some adjusting and scaffolding which could extend the unit beyond the 3 weeks. Having said that, I taught 1st grade and found the steps of the writing process, as described in the post, to be very similar. Of course learning targets/standards were different, but the process itself can be applied to any grade level (modeling writing, using mentor…

To Boost Higher-Order Thinking, Try Curation

…of articles, images, videos, audio clips, essays, or a mixture of items that all share some common attribute or theme. When we are presented with a list of the “Top 10” anything or the “Best of” something else, what we’re looking at is a curated list. Those playlists we find on Spotify and Pandora? Curation. “Recommended for You” videos on Netflix? Curation. The news? Yep, it’s curated. In an age where information is ubiquitous and impossible to consume all at once, we rely on the curation skills of others to help us process it all. In an educational setting, curation…

Introducing the HyperRubric: A Tool that Takes Learning to the Next Level

…on specific skills. It was not as easy as I thought. I had six different versions of HyperRubric at varying degrees of completion. More sleepless nights. The Touchdown Then, I assigned an argumentative essay to my students. When they were working on their first draft, I noticed different levels of common misconception in their essays. Lessons that seem so difficult to grasp materialize right in front of me. I reopened the HyperRubric, modified it a bit to meet the needs of my 6th graders, made Edpuzzle videos, and posted it on Google Classroom. I cannot tell you how exhilarating it…

9 Tips for Engaging Your English Class with Pop Culture

This guest post has been contributed by Jay Meadows. I’ve been teaching English for many years, across multiple grade levels, from middle school to high school to college. I’ve read (and have written) heaps of education books and research articles. And yet the premise for this post is so simple, I’m willing to bet that any one of our students can pin it down without a moment’s hesitation. What is the most essential ingredient to a rockstar lesson? It’s student engagement. We sometimes dress it up with the bells and bows of PBL, or strip it down to its…