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Intellectual Diaries
Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation. Affectation itself, beginning with the need to define some sorts of writing as “good” and other sorts as “bad,” is a fearful behavior.
- Stephen King
Intellectual Diary1.Learning to write well requires that you write often. You cannot develop good writing skills by simply listening to a teacher or reading a textbook.
2.The purpose of the Intellectual Diary is to help you improve your writing skills. Approach each assignment as an opportunity to become a better writer.
3.Writing is a good way to discover and clarify your thoughts. Use writing assignments as a tool of self-discovery.
4.Learn to write as naturally as you speak. Rather than trying to choose your words before you write, let words and ideas come to you during the writing assignment.
a. Keep your pen moving during a writing assignment. Each writing assignment is timed. You should not stop writing until you are told to stop by the teacher. Turn off the critic in your head. Don’t let anxiety or perfectionism get in the way of putting ideas on paper.
b. Avoid correcting mistakes while you write. If necessary, you can proofread and revise after you have put your thoughts on paper.
c. If your mind goes blank, write “I don’t know what I think,” or “My mind is blank.” An idea will eventually come to you as long as you keep your pen moving and stay focused on the topic of the writing assignment
Inside Front Cover of ID
The secret to writing well is practice – actual writing experience. In general, the more you write, the better a writer you will become.
- Scott Edelstein
Tips For Writing
1st Page of ID
To Succeed in a History Class
Write well Extension of your thoughts
Think Historically & Analytically
Know a Vast Amount of Historical Information
Analytical Thinking (Not Critical) Make an assertion
Be confident
Defend it with specific, accurate, and relevant information Use your sources and be precise Leave out what is not needed Must have a basis from what you
have studied
Understand counterarguments The truth often lies in the middle
So, what do we do in History…? History requires
patience Piece the information together
Social studies is about analysis NOT ABOUT OPINION Conclusion based on evidence
provided to you
Essential skill is writing well Write often Developed by doing
Thimble Analogy
My job is to increase your capacity to hold more content by teaching you skills to do soWriting Skills
Quickwrites and DBQs
Analytical Skills OPTIC, SOAPS, Quickwrites, Reading Like a
Historian, Questions/Inferences, APPARTS, G-PERSIA, Yes/But, 3-Level Questions
Thinking Skills Thinking maps plus all of the above
Primary Sources
As your skills grow…
SKILLS
SKILLS
SKILLS
SKILLS
SKILLS
SKILLS
…your capacity to hold content grows
Once you reach AP classes at KHS, you will be a bucket overflowing with the skills necessary to succeed on AP Tests, in college and in your future career.
An Overflowing Bucket
CONTENTCONTENT
My job is not to pour!
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