- Attendance Check
- Article Refresher
- Free Writing (brainstorming)
- Small Group Comparison
- Large Group Discussion
- Article-to-Paragraph Prompt Discussion and Brainstorming
Homework:
Write a comparison and contrast paragraph around 300 words in length. Here is the specific assignment prompt that overviews the details of the assignment. The assignment is due on Friday, 19 September, at midnight.
The Details
Schedule of events:
We talked a lot about comparison and contrast paragraph-writing on Monday, but now, we are going to take a step back and discuss the article that you read over the weekend and make practical connections between what we learned about comparison and contrast paragraphs on Monday and the article.
While most of my classes are designed with very specific things to happen, today is a much freer day in which our times are somewhat flexible, and you determine how useful this class is. The more you are engaged in the tasks today, the more it will help in writing the paragraph that is due Friday and will make up one-third of your first major assignment.
1. Attendance Check
2. [5 minutes] Article Refresher
You likely have not thought much about the article, so we are going to take a few minutes and refresh our memories about the article, rereading part of it and rereading our annotations and notes.
3. [5-10 minutes] Free Writing (brainstorming)
Today, we are going to bridge the gap between what we discussed about comparison and contrast paragraphs and this article. So, you have reminded yourself about the article, now, use what you remember about comparison and contrast paragraphs and begin writing down ideas on either a piece of paper or on a blank word document.
Here are some questions to help you come up with some ideas and things to write about:
4. [15-20 minutes] Small Group Comparison
We never ever think in our own isolated vacuum. Instead, we are social creatures, and we gather so much from those around us. Before we discuss as a class, we will hear what a few others have to say. In small groups, discuss:
Now, maybe today's lesson has been a little more (seemingly) unstructured than you are used to. Writing is challenging for so many students because it is our own original thinking and not something that necessarily has a right answer in the way that the math problem, 2+2 has an obvious right answer, 5. The point of today's class, and of ESL 111 in general, is to help each student become experts of defining their own ideas, working them out in brainstorming, and writing essays that clearly say those ideas and justify them with strong evidence.
We will discuss the questions that have been presented and the handout.
6. [10 minutes] Article-to-Paragraph Prompt Discussion and Brainstorming
Open the assignment prompt. You will notice that there are two different prompts. Which do you think is the most interesting or viable prompt for you and your ideas? Which outline structure will you likely use?
Before you leave, please save this document to your Google Drive folder that you have shared with me using the name "111_compare_netID_0."
Homework:
Write a comparison and contrast paragraph around 300 words in length. Here is the specific assignment prompt that overviews the details of the assignment. The assignment is due on Friday, 19 September, at midnight.
Attribution: This lesson and the materials in it were created by Jill Tschopp-Huang and have been modified just to the extent of how it would best fit the environment of my class and my teaching style.
The Details
Schedule of events:
We talked a lot about comparison and contrast paragraph-writing on Monday, but now, we are going to take a step back and discuss the article that you read over the weekend and make practical connections between what we learned about comparison and contrast paragraphs on Monday and the article.
While most of my classes are designed with very specific things to happen, today is a much freer day in which our times are somewhat flexible, and you determine how useful this class is. The more you are engaged in the tasks today, the more it will help in writing the paragraph that is due Friday and will make up one-third of your first major assignment.
1. Attendance Check
2. [5 minutes] Article Refresher
You likely have not thought much about the article, so we are going to take a few minutes and refresh our memories about the article, rereading part of it and rereading our annotations and notes.
3. [5-10 minutes] Free Writing (brainstorming)
Today, we are going to bridge the gap between what we discussed about comparison and contrast paragraphs and this article. So, you have reminded yourself about the article, now, use what you remember about comparison and contrast paragraphs and begin writing down ideas on either a piece of paper or on a blank word document.
Here are some questions to help you come up with some ideas and things to write about:
- Did the author reveal a fact or make a point that goes against what you assumed to be true?
- Is anything surprising in this article?
- Does the reading make you think about something that you’d never thought about before?
- Has the author made a generalization you disagree with? Can you think of evidence that would challenge the generalization?
- **You do not need to answer these questions in order or even at all. These questions are to help you come up with ideas. If you have your own ideas without the aid of these questions, go ahead and write the ideas you already have! :)
4. [15-20 minutes] Small Group Comparison
We never ever think in our own isolated vacuum. Instead, we are social creatures, and we gather so much from those around us. Before we discuss as a class, we will hear what a few others have to say. In small groups, discuss:
- Your ideas from the pervious brainstorming session
- Your notes and annotations from when you actively read the article
- These questions to help facilitate the discussion:
- Among your group, were any comments similar? What were they?
- Did any members of your group question the same thing? Can you determine an answer?
- Were there any vocabulary words or phrases you had difficulty with? What were they? As a group, can you figure out the meaning?
- This handout
Now, maybe today's lesson has been a little more (seemingly) unstructured than you are used to. Writing is challenging for so many students because it is our own original thinking and not something that necessarily has a right answer in the way that the math problem, 2+2 has an obvious right answer, 5. The point of today's class, and of ESL 111 in general, is to help each student become experts of defining their own ideas, working them out in brainstorming, and writing essays that clearly say those ideas and justify them with strong evidence.
We will discuss the questions that have been presented and the handout.
6. [10 minutes] Article-to-Paragraph Prompt Discussion and Brainstorming
Open the assignment prompt. You will notice that there are two different prompts. Which do you think is the most interesting or viable prompt for you and your ideas? Which outline structure will you likely use?
Before you leave, please save this document to your Google Drive folder that you have shared with me using the name "111_compare_netID_0."
Homework:
Write a comparison and contrast paragraph around 300 words in length. Here is the specific assignment prompt that overviews the details of the assignment. The assignment is due on Friday, 19 September, at midnight.
Attribution: This lesson and the materials in it were created by Jill Tschopp-Huang and have been modified just to the extent of how it would best fit the environment of my class and my teaching style.
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