Using Models To teach argument

Using Models To teach argument Angela Faulhaber faulhaam@muohio.edu

Write about… • Something that drives you crazy that other people don’t even notice. • Something from the start of the year that is bothering you. Or something from the start of the year that you love. • Something that you think is bad that other people think is good.

Goals • Use mentor texts to… • shape a writing unit. • teach crafting lessons. • create student choice.

So what is a mentor text? Mentor Text: a published piece of writing whose idea, whose structure, or whose written craft techniques can be discussed by student writers during a writing lesson for the purpose of inspiring them. I believe there are three types of these texts. (from Corbett Harrison, writingfix.org)

Genre Chart: Argument

Focus Lesson: Three-peat • What do I notice (make a rule)? • Why does the author use this? • How does the author do it? • How can I use it in my writing?

Three-peat examples In 2009, after a night of bar hopping, a man named Ryan LeVin plowed his speeding Porsche into two British tourists in Fort Lauderdale, killing them. He fled the scene, lied to the cops, tried to pin the crime on someone else. -from Leonard Pitts column “A Stunt Versus a Real Crime”

Three-peat Examples You've heard of Kill the Ump, Lynch the Ump, and Strangle the Ump, right? Well, get ready for the latest thing—Bean the Ump. -From Rick Reilly column “Life of Reilly”

Three-peat Examples I looked up to see a man sitting in his fancy foreign car, talking on the phone. It's against the law to talk on the phone while driving in the District of Columbia. He obviously had not read that law. Or maybe it doesn't apply to him. I had what I thought was the normal reaction. I motioned for him to hang up. I might as well have doused his car with gasoline and flicked a match on the hood. He went ballistic. He rolled down his window. His rage spilled out. -From Craig Wilson “Put the Brakes on That Cell Phone Habit”

Focus Lesson: Three-peat • What do I notice (make a rule)? • Why would an author use this? • How does the author do it? • How can I use it in my writing?

Three-peat examples from Gibbs’ article

Now try it in your writing…

Reflection… • How can you envision using mentor texts in your classroom? • What kind of goals might you have about using mentor texts to teach a piece of writing? • What thoughts, ideas, feedback would you like to share?

Using Models To teach argument

Using Models To teach argument

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