If high-school students and teachers are to succeed with Common Core Standards, the five-paragraph essay cannot be part of instruction. Too many times, this ordinary format is the default mode for expressing thinking in English, in history, in science, in ., and even in math. The problem is this format doesn't encourage thoughtful persuasion. It promotes low-level summary that nobody really cares about.
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It's called the CON-Text Multimodal essay approach (CONsider, CONnect, CONtrast, CONclude) and you can see many examples of it on our platform devoted to empowering teachers to share Core-aligned best practice materials, http://.
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I'm glad that argumentative writing is at the forefront of the Common Core standards, and I am now seeing far more ELA teachers in general involved in the discussion about teaching kids to write. I hope that this new generation of students who seem to think that if it can't be texted it doesn't need to be written, will now be taught to write through a variety of methods. So I salute you for putting forward your blog and will continue to look in on it from time to time.
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I know. I know. I'm hearing, "But how are students going to learn organization without learning the five-paragraph essay?" My response: they're not learning an organizational pattern that will help them succeed outside of your own classroom.
Finally, students will learn that their persuasive abilities, when used responsibly, will have value outside of the 96 minutes they were given to write.
Students need to write for a specific rhetorical context. The College Board promotes the SOAP format to help students understand guidelines and expectations:
answer written by domenico is far better than simon s writing,as i have got band 8 in writing,i can say,examiners these days like complex words,rich in vocabulary with clear block method one can use both sides of arguments,does not hamper ur band, provided u have clear orientation in writing.
I m gonna take ielts test next week and your website is really help me practice the test. Thanks for everything. Love you Simon!
Ok I agree that this old format is now what is best for students, however, no one has spoken of the process for another. yes you have said SOAP, but no specifics about how to teach students. Is there a website or book I can read?
I love this idea of leaving the five paragraph essay behind us! I would really like to read a sample of one of your student's essays, so I could share it with my colleagues who are stuck in the five paragraph essay mode.
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