Four Proven Traits for Creating Clear and Organized Writing

“What’s your point?” That’s the most critical concept in writing. It’s crucial at the paragraph level and the whole composition level. Writers need clear and organized thinking throughout the entire writing process. Let’s look at four key concepts that help writers...

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Teaching Kids Multi-Paragraph Writing: Five Problem Areas

When you teach multi-paragraph writing effectively, your students begin to write in an organized and natural multi-paragraph form in all of their daily writing across the curriculum. Furthermore, when it’s time for a writing assessment, your students easily address...

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Hamburger Paragraphs Don’t Work

The idea of a paragraph is built around these three concepts: 1. Unity: Everything in a paragraph is connected, related, and relevant. As such, a paragraph forms a whole. A paragraph has oneness. 2. Coherence: Paragraphs must be clear, understandable, and easily...

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Teaching Children Paragraph Writing is Hard!

Teaching Children Paragraph Writing is Hard!

You ask, “What is a paragraph and how do you teach children to write a paragraph?” Here’s how! Patiently, very patiently, I explained to the eager young ears, "A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea or one topic. A paragraph usually contains between...

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