This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 36 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.

In this episode, I'm going to share my process for teaching argumentative writing.

Okay, if you teach writing, obviously this episode is going to have a lot of value for you

because I'm going to talk about how I teach writing, which is my absolute favorite thing to teach.

If you don't, you may have already turned this episode off, but if you're still here,

let me tell you why I think you should stick around.

Number one, this will help you understand what goes on inside English

language arts classrooms down the hall from you. I will admit I know nothing about current

methodology specific to science or math teaching, but if somebody were to explain them to me,

I would probably cobble that information up because I nerd out over teaching in all of its forms.

Obviously, or I wouldn't do what I'm doing now. The second reason is because

well, you're probably aware of this, but if you're not, there is becoming a growing expectation

that teachers in other content areas support student writing. It's not that you're necessarily

expected to teach it, but if you have a basic understanding of some of the practices that work well

when teaching writing, I think that can also inform the way you would work with students when it comes

to writing. Also, if you have kids that are in school, I think this understanding, some of the

best practices for teaching writing, I think that's always a good thing to understand. So, if you're

still hanging around and you're not an English language arts teacher of any kind, thank you. I hope

to still provide some value to you. Before I start, I want to thank those who have left

an iTunes review for the show. I check my reviews about once a week and I get so excited every time I

see a new one pop up. It just, it means so much to me to know that I'm helping new teachers figure out

what they're doing and experience teachers find new energy to put into their work.

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