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Direct linkKathleen Dudden Rowlands – English Journal, 2016
The author, who teaches the English Methods class in the credential program, knew from entries in students' Writer's Reader's Notebooks (Rief) that they were struggling with the articles assigned about a five-paragraph essay. Following a discussion of form-first instruction and CCSS assessments, this article provides concrete suggestions for…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, English Instruction
Brannon, Lil; Courtney, Jennifer Pooler; Urbanski, Cynthia P.; Woodward, Shana V.; Reynolds, Jeanie Marklin; Iannone, Anthony E.; Haag, Karen D.; Mach, Karen; Manship, Lacy Arnold; Kendrick, Mary – English Journal, 2008
There is a seductive "commonsense" logic to two opinion pieces that have appeared over the last two years in the "Speaking My Mind" section of "English Journal": (1) Byung-In Seo's "Defending the Five-Paragraph Essay," which appeared in the November 2007 issue; and (2) Kerri Smith's "In Defense of the Five-Paragraph Essay," which appeared in March…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Logical Thinking, Writing Instruction, Essays
Peer reviewedSelf, Lynda – English Journal, 1988
Describes a method of writing about literature in which "major detail sentences" (sentences which make generalizations about the point of the paragraph) help students combine their observations and the facts of the story into an analytical form. (MM)
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Secondary Education, Student Writing Models, Text Structure
Peer reviewedGrady, Michael – English Journal, 1972
Some suggestions as to how to transfer training from narration and description to exposition, and how to extend Christensen principles to deal with the whole composition. (Author)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expository Writing, Generative Grammar, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedCiciotte, Joseph – English Journal, 1980
Describes writing assignments in which students develop paragraphs incorporating various sense images. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Creative Writing, Imagery, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedRoen, Duane H. – English Journal, 1984
Warns against the overuse of cohesive conjunctions in writing and recommends that teachers instruct students on contextual use of conjunctions rather than on their random use. (CRH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Conjunctions, Connected Discourse
Peer reviewedAuten, Anne – English Journal, 1984
Examines materials available from ERIC that are designed to familiarize teachers with computer software. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
