Flipping the Classroom

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Describe how flipping the classroom would support students learning the content in your specific context (school, community, content etc.).

My video highlights instruction on writing an introduction paragraph of an essay. Breaking down parts of an essay will create less confusion and eliminate the overwhelming feeling of tackling a huge task such as essay writing. Going through the steps of introduction writing and giving students options and examples will help students to write their own introduction paragraph independently. They can go through the video and examples as many times as needed to help them develop their own writing.

By composing their introduction at home, after viewing the video, students will then be prepared for the next step in the writing process. As a teacher, I will be able to assess which students need additional assistance with ideas and procedure and those that adequately grasp the information for the task can help others by peer editing and revising. The process of flipping the classroom to get the majority of the pre-writing done at home will give the students and I more time in class to strengthen their essay writing and perfect their technical writing skills. Students will be able to turn in a polished final draft, a truly authentic assessment of their writing.