Flex Class~The Writing Process: Intros, Paragraphs, Conclusions, & All Types!

Writing is one of the greatest and essential ways to communicate, and I am excited to be offering this four week flex class on writing for academic classes and/or creative writing. This course covers all types of the different tones to writing (academic, informative, persuasion, and/or commentary) to creative writing. The class is designed to weekly videos, learning activities, and instruction to assist students to build on the current strengths of writing to areas that are challenging. The course also dives deep into formatting, brainstorming, introductions, body paragraphs, conclusions, and all the different types of writing (academically, creativity, narrative, argumentative, persuasion, informative, and commentary. 

Types of Writing Covered by Student Choice:
~Narratives
~Informative
~Commentary
~Persuasion
~Argumentative
~Expository 
~Creative
~Research Based

Weekly Schedule of Content and Curriculum:

Week One ~ Picking a topic, type or tone for the writing, and brainstorming. Learning activities include several different brainstorm templates for students to pick from. Video instruction on how to pick a topic and the type of tone that matches the goals for writing. Due by the next class ~ Topic, Type of Writing, and Brainstorm. 

Week Two ~ The process of of writing an engaging introductions by covering several methods for hooking and engaging the reader. The video for this week will cover several different types and methods for hooking as well as engaging the reader. This week will also cover a model to make introductions amazing. This week activities include: The writing of an introduction and a Kahoot on the different types of hooks. 

Week Three ~ The third week will cover the TIQA and Mr. G model to writing paragraphs. The TIQA model stands for topic sentence, integration of quote, adding the quote, and analysis. This week we will also cover paragraph writing for all the different types of writing. In Mr. G's model there are a few additional aspects from the TIQA model. The third week is also all about writing powerful and amazing conclusions. This weeks activities include: Revising the introduction, the writing of paragraphs, and conclusion.

Week Four ~ Raping it all up and how to revise/edit. The last week of the class is all about finishing the writing and covering the editing or revising process. This week activities include a couple of different editing templates or rubrics to assist students in editing their own work. The last activity is the final product of the writing.  

Examples the Content/Curriculum of the Areas in the Class that will be Covered each Week:

Week One ~ All elements of the introductions and hooks. In our flex class we will cover Mr. G's Model to introduction with an amazing hook or engagement (there are six to ten different methods for hooking the reader), unpacking or explaining the topic that aligns with the rest of the paper, road mapping topics for your reader, and thesis statements! The class will cover methods for hooking your reader like: Opening with a question, using data or statistics, quotes, telling a narrative story, paint a picture for the reader, start with a poem, using figurative devices (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, idiom, Onomatopoeia), alliteration, and/or leading your audience to the importance of the topic. Our class will also work creating amazing thesis statements (could be one or two sentences), and the main emphasis will be on creating claims plus premises to the thesis statement.

Week Two and Three ~ Body Paragraphs and the TIQA Model. In our flex class we will cover the TIQA Model to writing paragraphs and Mr. G's Model, which goes a little bit beyond the TIQA Model. The TIQA Model stands for: Topic Sentence, Introduce the Quote, the Quote, and Analysis. Mr. G's Model adds reasoning and logic to the analysis. In this extremely fun and educational class, we will learn how to use both models for writing topic notch academic paragraphs that will truly knock the socks off anyone grading your paragraphs. 

Week Four ~ Conclusions! Many times I have found that students struggling with face the writing of amazing conclusions. In our class we will cover Mr. G's Model to writing amazing conclusions that go beyond a summary by exploring future aspects of the topic. The most common aspect that readers will remember the most is the introduction and conclusions. Our course will focus on amazing topics sentences for conclusions using many of the same devices we might for a hook in an introduction. Examples in include: Concluding with a question, using data or statistics, quotes, painting a picture for the reader, using figurative devices (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, idiom, Onomatopoeia), alliteration, and/or leading your audience to the future importance or aspects of the topic. Or if you are into creative writing covering the resolution part of the rising action and creating a cliff hanger for the next chapter of the story.