ENHANCING THE 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY...

Muriel and I have been putting together some useful materials for those of you who are ready to go beyond the 5 paragraph essay with your students. We strongly feel that there are many of you out there that want to see your students' writing become more interesting to read but are not quite sure of how to go about changing their style.

Our podcasts are meant to get your students to look at essays in a whole new way by building on what they have already learned about essay writing. We start out very simply with how to create engaging introductions - how to hook the reader.

The second podcast targets effective conclusions and transitions and the third addresses different ways to organize an essay. We use student examples as well as our own and published writing to show the effectiveness of making slight changes to the 5-paragraph essay. All three can be found on Spotify or use the attached link.

Titles:

•Breaking the Barriers of the 5 Paragraph Essay - Introductions

•Writing Conclusions With the Help of Mentor Texts

•Organization and the 5 Paragraph Essay

Breaking the Barriers of the 5 Paragraph Essay