Today I finished my discussion of Mike Rowe, his Dirty Jobs show and his TED speech. Who better to comment on the value of work than a man who goes around our country trying the jobs most of us don't do? I was showing them through his speech that his show elevates the working men and women of our country. He shows us that they not only work hard, but we should be thankful for the work they do.
I gave students time to write one of their body paragraphs for their essay in class today. Students are not giving enough details. Tomorrow we will work on fully explaining each piece of literature so that they show me they understood the writer's message on work an the connection they made with the piece.
Here is the essay option most students will do.
You can say that there are many ways to describe the
value of work and use at least four pieces explain what you mean.
· Summarize the piece (2-3) and the message (1-2)
· Explain how the author conveyed the message (2-3)
· and what you learned from him/her (3+ with examples
from text)
Total
of 10 or so sentences.
