EDU-EDU8820 - Building Effective Writing Prompts for All Students
Course Description
Well-written student essays begin with a carefully crafted writing prompt, the first step in providing effective support for each of your students. In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course teaches you five types of writing prompts you can introduce to your students: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response. Model Teaching's Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. You will learn a structure for developing each writing prompt and be provided examples aligned with expectations across grade levels, from kindergarten through twelfth grade.Course Outline
I. Types of Writing Prompts
Learn the five types of writing prompts covered in this course, two methods for assessment them, and reflect on a past prompt you created or were assigned.
II. Narrative Writing Prompts
Learn the components of a narrative writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own narrative writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
III. Creative Writing Prompts
Learn the components of a creative writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own creative writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
IV. Expository Writing Prompts
Learn the components of an expository writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own expository writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
V. Persuasive Writing Prompts
Learn the components of a persuasive writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own persuasive writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
VI. Reading Response Writing Prompts
Learn the components of a reading response writing prompt, then reflect on how to develop your own reading response writing prompt for a lesson aligned to your content or grade level.
VII. Putting it All Together
Using the samples provided, build your own writing prompt ready to be implemented in the classroom.
VIII. Applying What you Have Learned
Get ideas on how to implement the concepts into your classroom, find a list of online resources that support the design of effective writing prompts, and read the research behind effective writing prompts.
Learner Outcomes
- Analyze the five main types of writing prompts for students
- Identify the four components that all strong writing prompts have in common
- Design and implement a specific writing prompt plan using one of the five writing prompts introduced in this course