5-Minute Drill
A Simple Prewriting Process for Creating College-Level Essays
Author: Rich Mayorga, Ed.S.
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With this prewriting activity, you can develop the major reasoning and organizational skills necessary for college-level thinking and writing. Originally designed to teach the writing of the five-paragraph essay for the free-response questions of the Advanced Placement history exams.
About the Book
The 5-Minute Drill is an easy and effective way to answer challenging questions with an organized essay that makes an insightful interpretation and claim, contains evidence to support it, and provides an analytical explanation.
With this prewriting activity, you can develop the major reasoning and organizational skills necessary for college-level thinking and writing. Originally designed to teach the writing of the five-paragraph essay for the free-response questions of the Advanced Placement history exams, the 5MD can be easily modified for any writing assignment for a range of levels. The 5-Minute Drill saves time, gets to the heart of the question’s answer, and produces unparalleled success.
About the Author
Rich Mayorga, Ed.S.
Rich Mayorga has been a student advocate and educator for over 35 years, and was Arizona's Teacher of the Year in 2003. He has been teaching AP U.S. History at Sunnyside High School in Tucson for 23 years, and is also a nine year veteran adjunct professor at Pima Community College. For a 12 year period, Rich taught four AP courses (AP World, AP U.S., AP Gov., and AP Econ.) concurrently. Rich’s exceptional efforts in teaching and student support have earned him widespread recognition.