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How to Teach Essay Orders With Skittles

Teaching the four orders for essay structure.

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Using a bag of Skittles, you can reinforce the importance of order in writing an essay.

Using a bag of Skittles, you can reinforce the importance of order in writing an essay.

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The four basic orders are: chronological, spatial, importance, and logical. A solid essay will have a main order, but also use a specific order for certain examples.

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Dump all the Skittles in a pile. Explain that the Skittles are now bits of information that will be in their essay.

Dump all the Skittles in a pile. Explain that the Skittles are now bits of information that will be in their essay.

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The first organization is to arrange the Skittles by the amount of each color, left to right. Orders: Logical and Spatial

The first organization is to arrange the Skittles by the amount of each color, left to right. Orders: Logical and Spatial

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Next, the students arrange the Skittles by their favorite flavor. Order: Importance. Extra lesson: Have them remove their least favorite flavor. As the writer, they choose what goes into the essay.

Next, the students arrange the Skittles by their favorite flavor. Order: Importance. Extra lesson: Have them remove their least favorite flavor. As the writer, they choose what goes into the essay.

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Now arrange the Skittles by favorite flavor and color. Order: ? There is not a right answer. This arrangement shows how complex an essay can become. Discuss how they decided to arrange the Skittles.

Now arrange the Skittles by favorite flavor and color. Order: ? There is not a right answer. This arrangement shows how complex an essay can become. Discuss how they decided to arrange the Skittles.

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Have students make Skittle art. Order: Spatial. Extra Lesson: Ask if anyone changed their picture because they didn't have the right Skittles. Importance of having the right information for essays.

Have students make Skittle art. Order: Spatial. Extra Lesson: Ask if anyone changed their picture because they didn't have the right Skittles. Importance of having the right information for essays.

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Last, have them arrange the Skittles in the way they would naturally eat them. Order: Chronological. Extra Lesson: The way the eat them reveals their "voice."

Last, have them arrange the Skittles in the way they would naturally eat them. Order: Chronological. Extra Lesson: The way the eat them reveals their "voice."

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The fun step, time to eat the Skittles while reviewing the different orders.

The fun step, time to eat the Skittles while reviewing the different orders.

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Jamey Boelhower

@seth The activity is used after teaching the orders. The lesson is an auxiliary activity.

(author) 5 months ago

Seth Kitson

I can only imagine your students will be as confused by this as I was...

Seth Kitson 5 months ago

Rima Mathewson

interesting

Rima Mathewson 9 months ago

🐾Pollo 🐾

I defininitly love skittles!!! Great idea!

🐾Pollo 🐾 9 months ago

Karen Paris

Boy. Am I confused

Karen Paris 9 months ago

Deanna Stall

This is a great way to use this tool! And a nice simple way of presenting to students.

Deanna Stall 9 months ago

Jamey Boelhower

Yes, they do love to eat the Skittles, but they remember the orders.

(author) 9 months ago

Tabasom Sam

Great great idea. I will definitly do this with my students

Tabasom Sam 9 months ago

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