But writing argumentative essays is not the only way to do it. Teach them how to make a claim and provide evidence. I know you want to help your student become better writers. How does that cookie spire connect to the dystopian theme of The Hunger Games? What does that pile of crushed cookies at the base represent? What quotations from the book will help make the bridge? If you ask students to build an Oreo cookie sculpture based on the theme of your book, great! Then find a way to have them show their intentions. What matters is how they explain their intentions. There are a million ways to let students share their understanding on a book. They dove deep into a concept that I’ve always believed in. I recently finished the book Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom, by Dan Ryder and Amy Burvall. One way to capture their interest and steal their attention back from Lady Gaga’s Instagram. Trying to figure out how to teach students who’ve already disliked English class for a decade isn’t easy.īut sometimes it just takes one breakthrough to start to make a connection. Do you ever feel like you’re making the last stand in the battle against student apathy? Like even if you put on a Moana costume and sang “How Far I’ll Go” your kids would still be staring at their phones?
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