Made to Stick!

I recently went to a writing workshop for a new program that Atlanta Public Schools will be implementing very soon. One part of the activity required the teachers at my table to read a few essay from follow teacher's students and score them using the rubric. We all were handed a copy of the first essay. It began like this, "Where is did that ball go? I have to find it or I will be in big trouble. Oh I'm sorry, I started my story in the wrong place. Let me start over. ." We were amazed with the rest of the essay as well and every teacher will forever remember that introduction and I'm sure they will read it to their students as an example of getting the audiences attention.

Made it Stick made some very good point that I use in the classroom with 5th grader. Know your audience! I tell my students all the time that no one wants to read a boring paper. Even me! I enjoyed the stories that I remembered from my past and they all do contain the 6 principles to make something stick. I will definitely be using these principles in my lesson and teaching them to my students for their presentations and essays.