At the end of the essay unit yesterday, I was helping a student finish his writing. "What's your claim?" I asked him.
"That you are a terrible babysitter," he told me, "because you are bossy, evil, and manipulative."
I nodded, unfazed. I knew he was writing his essay about the story I had written about a bad babysitting job. "What's your evidence?" I asked him.
We spent the next few minutes going over the story and polishing his argument. "Thanks!" he said when we were through. "That's a lot better."
"I guess I'm a better teacher than babysitter," I laughed.
"You really are!" he agreed.
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