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I decided to fool around with MindNode, and then I started branching and branching, thinking what I REALLY want my students to learn. “The curriculum” is just one little node out of many. I’m sure there are so many more things that just couldn’t come to mind at the time.
Neat!
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My class all the time.
sounds about right
WHERE’S THE YOUTUBE VIDEO!?
This is a tool that I want to use in my future classroom in order to help my students make their writing more meaningful to them.
My goal for using this chart is to get students thinking deeply and critically about their writing. Part of my writing education philosophy entails having students develop a sense of their voice by writing creatively before writing formally. When they write creatively, students are free to experiment with words and figure out which ones they like best and which ones they’d rather never use again. Utilizing all kinds of words has the potential to expand a student’s writing and make it more meaningful to them by sparking a connection with the vast limitlessness of human language.
My hope, by using charts like this, is that students will realize they are not and should not be limited to boring words, but that their is a whole colorful vernacular at their disposal - and they are allowed to infuse their writing with their own voice and individual meaning with that vernacular. Once they realize this by experimenting with writing creatively, we can work on doing the same thing with their more formal endeavors.
I like it.
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Oh, so, since this was promoted, maybe I should explain it better?
I teach freshmen English, but this is a safe way to start any paper:
- Introduce the text and who wrote it
- Give a very simple concept of what the text is about
- Merge into your prompt, it’s likely a more specific aspect of the text
- Give your main points
- End with the thesis (because it’s the point of the whole essay)
SO:
One of the most famous novels of all time is “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling. Her story about a young man who discovers he’s a wizard and is swept off to a whole new world of adventure has captured imaginations. This book is also a great example of Joseph Campbell’s hero and quest pattern, as outlined in his book “Hero with a Thousand Faces.” Harry’s story follows this in that he sees a call to adventure, faces temptation, and faces a road of trials. Rowling’s story is another modern example of the archetypal quest pattern.
You have no idea.
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And none for Gretchen Weiners…
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