Writing the 5 Paragraph Essay (Take 3)--A Collaborative Approach to Writing
This unique and in-depth approach to learning the five-paragraph essay will give students a positive perspective on a task they often dread. An inside-out approach to Critical Reading and Writing.
Tory Anderson
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12 live meetings
11 in-class hoursHomework
1-2 hours per week. Students will have approximately one hour of homework each week reading assigned chapters and completely writing assignments.Assessment
Assessment will come via verbal feedback during the class.Class Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
Learning to write the five paragraph essay can be confusing and frustrating. By collaborating on an essay together as a class with the teacher as guide the students will face each step of the task together. A typically lonely task will become a group project. As each student lends their thoughts and ideas to each step they will see a good essay take form before their eyes—an essay they helped create. Unit 1 – Introduction to The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm: author, setting, voice, context Unit 2 – Critical Analysis of The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm. Introduction to writing introductory paragraphs Unit 3 – Critical Analysis of The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm. Introduction to writing body paragraphs. Unit 4 – Critical Analysis of The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm. Introduction to writing concluding paragraphs. Unit 5 – Critical Analysis of The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm. Writing second drafts of introductory paragraphs. How to make good writing better. Unit 6 – Introduction to supporting paragraphs. Collaboration on finding material from the book to support our thesis as we follow our outline. Unit 7 – Introduction to concluding paragraphs. Collaboration to create our concluding paragraphs. We read and teacher gives feedback on first draft of body paragraphs. Unit 8 – The second draft. We present our essays in their final form and celebrate what we have accomplished in words.
Learning Goals
Students will improve the reading comprehension and learn that their ideas are valid.
Students will gain a solid understanding of the five paragraph essay and their confidence as writers will grow.
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Supply List
Each student will need a copy of "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer. This can be purchased on Amazon in paperback or Kindle format (Kindle format can be read on the computer or a tablet).
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Receiving a master’s degree in English from BYU with an emphasis in creative writing was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with all things creative: novels, plays, movies, painting, music, dance, origami, cosplay, juggling, computer games, DnD . . . the list goes on.
On the STEM side of life I spent eight years in the United States Air Force as a radar technician. Working with the highly mobile radar of a forward air control post I traveled the world in C-130s, was buzzed by A-10s, and became proficient with various weaponry. Since the third grade I have been a student of the history of military aircraft, especially World War II.
As a published author of many short stories and four young adult novels I’m ready to help students create with the written word. In creative writing I teach the power of the word, the beauty of the sentence, the joy of the completed story. As a university instructor in critical reading/writing, I learned that a good author won’t tell you anything. A good author wants to see what you see after you read his/her book. We will learn how to know what we see and how to talk and write about it.
As a dad I homeschooled all eight of my children to support positive, independent thinking. I kept reading with my children long after they could read for themselves—until they left for college. I advocate reading and writing with classroom presentations and programs. I’ve been mentoring youth writers in the Juab Jotters writing group for several years.
When I’m not teaching you will find me pursuing my own never ending education, playing computer games with my children (great family time), cosplaying (last year it was Mystery Men), and spending time with my children and grandchildren (soon to be six).
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Live Group Class
$156
for 12 classes1x per week, 12 weeks
55 min
Completed by 36 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-13
3-9 learners per class
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