I get the whole idea that it is important to claim expert status… but come on people, be an actual expert first. I know that many of us feel like we are “faking it” because many of us need to be confident because we truly are experts in our field but our confidence in ourselves …
News is fake news if: The information was created with an emotional, angry or happy, news castor, it’s fake news. The information has little to no reference to what the original text or speaker said, it’s fake news. The news castor ONLY picked out the pieces that they agree or disagree with to pick apart, it’s …
What do we need to do to really connect to this generation of students? How can we inspire them to accomplish and learn without feeling like we need to do it for them? Can we use the new forum of webinars, workshops, and blog articles with condensed and concise information to hold their attention and …
Changing to Webinar-Style Education: Is it possible?Read More »
What’s so hard about it? Why do English teachers struggle with teaching writing? What can we do about it? What’s so difficult about teaching writing? For most writers, we are so passionate about writing and practice is so much that we learn the skills without realizing it. Think about it like this: What is something that …
Downloadable Worksheet Time— Rhetorical Appeals: for analyzing expository texts!! Who else is excited?!? One thing that I promised you is that I would provide worksheets and activities for you to practice college writing at home at least once a week, so here is the first of many. Description of Rhetorical Appeals Activity: This worksheet is …
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I get it. Writing Curriculum all seems to have been done before, but has it? I have looked through curriculum after curriculum claiming to prepare students for college writing. However, the curriculum is filled with text after text of comprehension questions that, in all honesty, are a waste of time. Comprehension questions, once students are …
Everyone uses rhetoric. Rhetoric is the way that we talk to convince people of what we want them to believe. Rhetoric is not only a formal persuasive speech. Each day we live, every moment we communicate we are attempting to convince others to believe us. We try to convince them to believe that we are …
You’ll notice quickly that I do not create lessons or activities that do not require some sort of inquiry or critical thinking process. Throughout my years of teaching students have always said things like, “Ms. Moody, why don’t you just give me the answer?” It makes me laugh because I realize that no I don’t …
when you think you can’t. My skill is teaching people who think they can’t write how to write. Give me a classroom full of gang members and kids just out of juvenile hall to give me the challenge of getting them to write. The thing about most English teachers with “regular” kids is that they …
Thrive Write’s Guide to Writing a Literary Essay…Read More »
Whether you are the one who wants to increase the depth of your intellectual conversations or you want to teach your students or children, there are things you need to know: Learn to have an intellectual conversation. You can use a resource like the conversation place mat or use some of the free resources I …