Learning Styles Essay Directions:
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1. Identify each letter of your style(I/E, S/N, T/F, P/J)
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2. Describe what each letter means (Notes from Packets and Books). You WILL cite page #s.
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3. Describe how each of those fits your personality. –THINK about the following 4-11:
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4. Describe events, experiences, environments where that fit your style or made you uncomfortable because it
did NOT fit your style.
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5. Explain situations where you ARE that style, and where you are NOT that style.
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6. Use examples from your life to illustrate what it means to be an ISTP, ESFJ, etc...
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7. What situations do you search out because they fit you?
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8. What classroom styles fit you or don’t fit you and why?
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9. What careers might you seek out because they fit your styles and preferences?
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10. How do you think knowing about your style can help you in a variety of situations?
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11. How does the information help you understand relationships? (parent/child,friendship, how you argue, why
you get along or don’t get along, things that upset you or make you happy...)
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To start your essay you must first decide:
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What is the focus of your essay?
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-How my Learning Style affects my...
(Affects = Action Verb, Effect = Noun)
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*Schooling/life as a student: now, in past, in future
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*Career choices
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*Relationships with others: friends, family
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*Decisions I make
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*Hobbies, sports, interests I have
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*Other ideas...
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Choose only ONE topic for your essay.
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You must next write a THESIS Statement. What is the main idea of your essay?
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“Taking a Learning Styles Inventory ...”
“Being an ISFP made becoming an English teacher an obvious career choice for me.”
"Being an ISFP affects who I am as a student."
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Introductory Paragraph: General statement about the survey, or the concept of Learning Styles,or a general
statement about life, or growing up, or relationships, or the future, or careers, or sports, or... must include your
Thesis Statement: "Being an ISFP affects who I am as a student."
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Body Paragraph One:
Start with a TOPIC SENTENCE: “Introversion influences my interaction with other people.”
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Give a description of my learning style (Introvert or Extrovert) These could each be a different paragraph.
What is it? What is it like? (This information comes from the packets and the books and must be cited:
“Packet#2, page 5". (I will give you direction for your bibliography later)
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How does it fit me? An actual example of how it fits you from your life.
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A statement about how it helps or hinders you, why is it good or bad, etc
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A conclusion or transition sentence.
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Body Paragraph Two: Description of my learning style (ST, SF, NT, or NF). This could easily be more than
one paragraph.
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Body Paragraph X: Give a description of my learning style (Judger or Perceiver)
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Body Paragraph X: My opinion about my learning style and why (This is an option for a topic. See other
options).
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Body Paragraph X: How the results of the inventory affect my...sports, friends, relationship with my parents,
future plans, etc This idea could also be woven into every Body Paragraph.
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Body Paragraph X: My best/worst classroom learning activites- how it affects my school/ career /hobbies/
relationships...Give specific examples. This could also be woven into each paragraph.
"It was a nightmare of a class"
or "It was a dream come true"
or…
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Conclusion: Restate Thesis Statement. So What? Why is this important?
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Possible Thesis Statements:
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“Having a dominant preference for _ _ _ _ helps to ( shape, influence, direct, determine... ) my life as a
( student, friend, person, soccer player, future doctor... ) (more specific)”
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“I have been identified as an ISTJ. This style will help me choose the paths that I will take throughout my
life.” (more general)
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You will complete a graphic organizer for your body paragraphs- a minimum of 3 G.O.s