Identify the topic of your how-to essay and invite your classmates to ask every possible question they would like answered or that other readers might want answered in your essay.

English by Geoffrey

The focus of this discussion in on the “Eight Teaching Tips” in The Writer’s Way. Your main post will analyze an essay or a video (your choice) and discuss which of the “Eight Teaching Tip” are evident in the essay or video. For this discussion, display your knowledge of the reading. This week’s main post has two parts.

First, choose an essay or video. You may use the same essay you picked last week or one of the others from the following list:

    • “Your First Kill” by Aaron Kenedi (p. 232)
    • “The Semi-Sweet Science” by Oscar Villalon (p. 234)
    • “How to Feed a Fish” by Isabelle Wattenberg (p. 237)
    • “How to be Younger” by Laura Kate James (p. 352)
    • “Scratch that Itch” by Bennett Lindsey (p. 355)
    • “The Sprout Route” by Winston Bell (p. 356)
    • “Why Falling in Love Feels so Good” by Judy Krause (p. 358)
    • Alternative: Go to YouTube and look up a “How to” video (type “How to” in YouTube’s search engine, and many will pop up). Watch a short video—no more than 10 minutes–and identify as many of the Eight Teaching Tips from Chapter 13 as you can. Give examples. as you can. Note any of the tips not used in the video. Include a link to your video or embed the video in your post.

Main Post: Respond to all questions.

  1. Part One:
    1. Re-read one of the how-to essays in the textbook and identify as many of the Eight Teaching Tips from Chapter 13 as you can in the essay or video you selected. Give examples.
    2. Which of the “Eight Teaching Tips” were not used in the essay or video you selected?
  2. Part Two: Identify the topic of your how-to essay and invite your classmates to ask every possible question they would like answered or that other readers might want answered in your essay.