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How to be a GOOD Writer and Speaker

How to be a GOOD Writer and Speaker. Bad High School Conversation:. “I don’t like school!” “Okay. Why not?” “I just don’t.” “I know, but is there a particular reason?” “School is stupid.” “What makes it stupid?” “It just is, okay?”

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How to be a GOOD Writer and Speaker

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  1. How to be a GOOD Writer and Speaker

  2. Bad High School Conversation: “I don’t like school!” “Okay. Why not?” “I just don’t.” “I know, but is there a particular reason?” “School is stupid.” “What makes it stupid?” “It just is, okay?” “Not really…can you tell me what about school makes it stupid to you?” “Uhhh….school sucks.” “I know that already, but why don’t you like it?” “I just told you!”

  3. Better High School Conversation: “I don’t like school!” “Okay. Why not?” “I just don’t.” “I know, but is there a particular reason?” “Yeah…well, two, actually. First, the teachers assign too much homework. When I get home and I just want to relax or hang out with my friends, I’m stuck doing homework for several different classes every night. Like tonight some friends want to get together to watch Monday Night Football, but I have English reading, math problems, and Spanish worksheets to finish by tomorrow!” “That’s terrible! I can’t believe you have that much. I can see why you don’t like it. What’s your second reason?” “Oh, well, when I’m at school I just sit there all day. I think teachers like hearing themselves talk and don’t like to let students do anything. My science teacher did a really cool experiment yesterday in front of the class involving chemicals and burning them off into gases, but the whole class just sat there and had to watch when we could have been doing it ourselves. I get bored very easily when old people are just talking to me all day long.” “I think I see why you don’t like school. You’ve got it tough!”

  4. How to make GOOD statements and arguments…

  5. Good writing is really a TWO step process!Step 1) Make your statement(“School is boring!”)(Harry Potter is a great series!”)(“Lebron is second only to Michael Jordan!”)

  6. Good writing is really a TWO step process! Step 2) Back that thang up!Give EVIDENCE and REASONS that describe why your statement is a good statement.

  7. There are 6 different ways you can back up the statements that you make: (Let’s say that we wanted to state that “School is boring.”) Example Type 1:Personal Story – Tell a true experience from your own life. “School is boring because yesterday spent the entire day sleeping in all of my classes and I didn’t miss anything of value. The classes just sat there the whole time and didn’t do anything except listen to the teachers. I felt very well rested by the end of my day, but it was a waste of time since no one learned anything.” See how this tells a true personal experience that would back up the statement?

  8. There are 6 different ways you can back up the statements that you make: (Let’s say that we wanted to state that “School is boring.”) Example Type 2: Tell someone else’s Story – Tell a true experience from the life of somebody else. “School is boring because yesterday my friend, Charles, told me that he got sent to 105 in three different periods. He is one of the smartest people I know, but because we do nothing in our classes he finds ways to entertain himself, and those ways frequently make him get in trouble. If there were more going on in class then he wouldn’t get in trouble so easily.” See how this tells a true experience of someone else that would back up the statement?

  9. There are 6 different ways you can back up the statements that you make: (Let’s say that we wanted to state that “School is boring.”) Example Type 3: Tell a story from History or News – Find an interesting event from the newspaper or from something in history. “School is boring because I heard that American schools are falling behind schools in countries like China and India. We spend all day doing nothing, and the schools in other countries have even longer school days where they learn intensely the entire day. No wonder we’re falling behind if I sit and do nothing while other countries’ kids are kept engaged for an entire day, every day.” See how this relates the statement to something that is recorded in the news?

  10. There are 6 different ways you can back up the statements that you make: (Let’s say that we wanted to state that “School is boring.”) Example Type 4: Imaginary Situation – create a fictional scenario that helps visualize the statement “Imagine that you’re a teenager with lots of energy and emotions welling up inside of you. Then, you go to school where you’re forced to sit for 8 hours every day in uncomfortable chairs, starting at a teacher. All of that energy that you begin with and that is normal for teenagers goes away, and school makes you more dull and less exciting than you would have been if you hadn’t gone to school at all.” See how this helps to create an imaginary image that a reader could picture?

  11. There are 6 different ways you can back up the statements that you make: (Let’s say that we wanted to state that “School is boring.”) Example Type 5: Facts and Statistics – Use research and numbers to prove your idea “According to research by the National Council of Elementary School Parents, approximately 1 out of 4, or 25% of kids finishing second grade, cannot read. Normally, children completing second grade should be able to comprehend texts at their level, but teachers provide lessons and stories that turn kids off to reading rather getting the children excited, and fewer children can accurately read every year.” See how this uses facts to support the claim?

  12. There are 6 different ways you can back up the statements that you make: (Let’s say that we wanted to state that “School is boring.”) Example Type 6: Comparisons – find an interesting comparison between your topic and something else the reader can picture. “School is like the cage for a tiger. Tigers at zoos spend all of their time just laying down, walking back and forth, and staring out into space. They are such fierce creature, but they never get a chance to be their full selves because they are trapped in a cage. Students in schools are similar – they are forced to be bored and wander mentally like a tiger wanders physically just because there is absolutely nothing provided for them to do. Students in schools are like tigers trapped in the zoo.” See how this comparison helps to illustrate the topic better?

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