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[melbournegirl]

Hmmmm our school Principal has decided we should have an English class for "the gifted". This is a middle school and last year I had a very informal conversation class. The beauty about these classes is that they are small about 10-15 students and I am the only teacher. I'm pretty much left alone to develop my own material.
This class however seems a bit more structured and they are wanting a teaching plan from me. Assuming I get enough students I'll hold weekly classes for 20 hours. That's no problem. My question is What the @#! do I teach these so called gifted kids???? The enrolment will be entirely subjective based on their parents assessment. I know Essay writing is on the agenda, how do you teach essay writing? I'd be very happy to hear from "gifted teachers" with brilliant ideas.

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[huffdaddy]

[laogaiguk]

First you should go over the idea of plagerism (otherwise you will be checking all your essays on the net). This was the first major problem (I was the essay teacher at a university in China). Kids will always go the lazy route if possible (even the good ones, who want a good score, even on a useless practice essay).

[Ya-ta Boy]

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[elynnor]

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[Thiuda]

I can recommend two books for essay writing;

Olsher, D. (1995), Words in Motion: An Interactive Approach to Writing, Oxford University Press.

and

Blanchard, K. and Root, C. (2003), Ready to Write: A First Composition Text, Longman.

I have used the first for middle- and high school students, and the latter I use now for university students. They are nicely structured, and easy to use by the teacher. I know that the 'Ready to Write' series has some more basic books as well.