Teaching Writing Fast and Effectively!

In the “Writing with Purpose” section of Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay, students learn to apply their writing strategies to different types (or modes) of writing. It’s quite easy to get students writing paragraphs like the ones below when they have the foundations. In short, all these different types of paragraphs simply involve [...]

Paragraphs have unity and coherence. A paragraph has a single minded focus. There must be no information in the paragraph which does not serve that purpose. We call these “good paragraphs.” The best of the best are known as “perfect paragraphs.” But not all paragraphs are good… let alone perfect. In fact, it doesn’t take [...]