Video 1 | Introduction
Video 1 provides a brief introduction to the persuasive writing genre and what it means to persuade.
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Video 2 | Select a Prompt
Video 2 Teaches how to select a prompt (from two choices) that is best aligned with the students’ prior knowledge and interests.
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Video 3 | Brainstorm
Video 4 | Identify Your Opinion
Video 5 | Determine Reasons
Video 5 teaches about composing high-quality, relevant reasons as well as sequencing reasons within the TBGO.
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Video 6 | Explain Why or Say More
Video 6 models the difference between reasons and explanations, highlighting the importance of matching explanations to reasons
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Video 7 | Summarize
Video 7 models how to create a summary sentence and end an essay by re-stating the opinion.
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Video 8 | Revise
Video 8 introduces strategies such as reviewing the draft and revising the topic sentence to be interesting and clearly stating the opinion; selecting words that are vivid and not repeated too often; making sure that all details fit the topic.
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Video 9 | Edit
Video 9 introduces editing checklist, which highlights the importance of capital letters, punctuation marks, and correct spelling.
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Video models were designed through an iterative design process. First, we gathered data from focus group interviews with 14 teachers and 3 experts in the area of writing instruction for students with disabilities. Data informed the development of storyboards for video models. Those storyboards were later validated by 14 students with high-incidence disabilities. As a result, short video models including scripts were developed with both visuals and text on the screen. A boy and a girl silhouette were used to portray “super writers” who discuss, develop, and refine different aspects of the essay writing process. Additional changes were made to the videos after the initial TBGO was piloted with 17 students with high-incidence disabilities in 3rd - 12th grades.