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Many students may be unaware of the distinction. 5. , national affairs) and to read the piece, formulating a question that could be answered by some of the information in the article. Encourage them to use the words “should” “could,” or “would” in their question. ” 6. Distribute copies of the Extemporaneous Roadmapping and have students fill in the source and a question, tuck the paper inside the magazine next to the article, and pass the magazines back to you. Do not have them write their name on the handout; these questions will be redistributed randomly to other students.
O. ” they took notice. I use this proofreading mark to this day for its impact. I also post a list of blatantly obvious phrases on my classroom wall. I emphasize that these phrases are fine in speeches, but, when making the transition to an essay, they should be eliminated like a bad smell. Why do they need to do this? Phrases that beg the question or pad an answer are unnecessary and detract from the impact or urgency of a statement. ” Why should they care? Students interested in reaching the upper end of the scoring rubrics need to heed their stylistic choices as well as their structural ones.
7. If students are struggling with crafting appropriate questions, you could screen them by asking students to read their questions aloud before handing them over to you—this would allow you to suggest changes and, one hopes, the others listening would alter their questions based on corrections. ). 8. Randomly redistribute the magazines (with the questions still tucked inside) and give students a total of 30 minutes to do the following: • Read the article, highlighting or underlining information that pertains to their specific question.