43. Back to Class Reflection Series: Copying a Model Summary in Class

In this next installment of the Back to Class Reflection Series, I walk through the lesson plan I used to show students what inductive reasoning might look like in writing. The lesson plan includes further modeling of inductive reasoning built on previous work with students. The main activity is to have students copy, by hand, a sample summary that I wrote, complete with color coding for introducing the source, explaining the specific examples, and paraphrasing the general conclusion. The summary can serve as a reference point in their notes for their own summaries, which can also be adjusted to fit the genre they were working on at the time. (They were developing a podcast monologue or transcript that explains a cause and effect relationship related to their field of study). This episode also includes a little bit of commentary about technology--that we really need to cut through the "noise" of learning management systems, gradebooks, notifications on phones or laptops, and other distractions to maintain a focus on practice.View Episode 43 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YbEUS7Yqao0Teaching Writing in College is available:YouTube Playlist (video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUwApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-writing-in-college/id1667922309YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUWbbrcygqkZvxqdPCqhuzu0yyx5trJUw&si=ZnTI_Q3dItN5rodfSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TxG7hTN6qaJHN9euDBIZU?si=ur3jQve0TdyeSLKVyLsNgwSocials:Email: [email protected]: Teaching Writing in CollegeBluesky: @teachingwriting.bsky.socialYouTube: @teachingwritingincollegeMastodon: mastodon.social/@teachingwritingincollege