Welcome to Day 2! Now that you understand how learners want to feel, we’re going to explore ways to motivate them, and help you identify your Teaching Avatar.
Five Ways to Inspire and Motivate:
Reveal their potential (encourage dreams)
Meet them where they are (justify failures)
Make the complex simple (allay fears)
Tap into their innate talent (confirm suspicions)
Curate and focus their time (throw rocks at enemies)
Introducing The TAvs (Teaching Avatars)
Intellectual
Guru
Innovator
Big Thinker
Storyteller
Commander
Favorite
Connector
Coach
Manager
Friend
Review: In this lesson you learned…
The five ways to inspire and motivate people.
About the Teaching Avatars and why they matter.
Homework = On the “Day 2” section of the worksheet: What is your Teaching Avatar? Craft the hook for your book using the “Five Ways” template.
Day 3: Creating the Perfect Educational Experience
Here we are at Day 3! Today we’re going to explore teaching mediums and modalities and how you can leverage your strengths as an effective teacher.
Mediums
Online
In-person
Modalities
1: one
1: few
1: many
Profit/Investment Matrix
The Author Life Community – Let’s take a quick tour!
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Review: In this lesson you learned…
About the teaching mediums and modalities.
How you can leverage your strengths as an effective teacher.
Homework = On the “Day 3” section of the worksheet: Using ✔–OR ✔ OR ✔+, place a symbol in every box of the teaching and learning modality matrix. Then pick the one that suits you best.
*Note: The video hangs in the beginning, but eventually gets right. The audio is unaffected. Apologies for the technical glitch.
Day 4: Writing the First Chapter Without Writing
Day 4! We’re almost to the end of the challenge. Today we’re going to connect the Avatars and use a lesson plan template to design your first chapter.
Let’s review your homework: Find the overlap and decide on the modality with the best fit.
1: one
1: few
1: many
Let’s design your first lesson.
Identify your TAv
Identify your LAv
Design your Chapter 1 lesson
Review: In this lesson you learned…
How to align Learning Avatars and Teaching Avatars.
How to design your first chapter using a lesson plan template.
Homework = On the “Day 4” section of the worksheet: Place a ✔+ in the box that matches your IDEAL teaching style with your IDEAL learning avatar (Your “perfect” student, not your personal learning style.). Then, Complete the lesson plan using the template.
Congratulations! You made it through all five days! But you’re not entirely done yet. Bonus lesson!
Here’s what you learned:
Day 1 – Revealing the Secrets of Learning
Discover how people want to feel when they’re learning.
Meet the Learning Avatars and why they matter.
Day 2 – Harnessing the Secrets of Teaching
Utilize the “Five Ways to Inspire and Motivate.”
Meet the Teaching Avatars and why the matter.
Day 3 – Creating the Perfect Educational Experience
Explore the teaching mediums and modalities you’ll use to create your first draft.
Discover how to leverage your strengths as an effective teacher.
Day 4 – Writing the First Chapter Without Writing
Learn how to perfectly match Learning Avatars and Teaching Avatars.
Design your first chapter with from a lesson plan template.
Day 5 – Brainstorming Your Table of Contents
Brainstorm your Table of Contents.
Explore a successful case study.
The formula for writing the rest of the book:
Teaching
Transcribing
Testing
Every writer who completes the challenge (submitting the worksheet) will be automatically entered into the prize pool drawings, which include:
A FREE signed copy of Three Story Method: Writing How To Books
A $50 Amazon gift card
A FREE 30-minute, one-on-one consultation with J.
Special Offer (details on your worksheet): If you complete your first chapter draft by July 1, 2022, you’re eligible to have it analyzed for just $24.99. This exclusive service is only for challenge participants, and the offer expires on July 1. If you’d like to take advantage of this special offer, email J. (jthorn.writer@gmail.com) and he’ll connect you with a certified Three Story Method Editor.
Homework: Submit your completed worksheet using the form below and you’ll be entered into the random prize giveaways! The form will accept Word documents or PDF documents.