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A Writer’s Guide to Powerful Paragraphs WritingA Writer’s Guide to Powerful Paragraphs Writing
Publisher
Institute for Excellence in Writing
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Writing Prompts
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
28 days
Instructional Strategy
Writing
Year
2003
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A Writer’s Guide to Powerful Paragraphs

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When it comes to teaching writing, it helps to start small. A supplementary guide to A Writer's Guide to Powerful Paragraphs provides suggested activities to help writers craft a variety of paragraphs. Each assignment covers a specific writing type and offers possible topics.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

paragraph writing, writing paragraphs, paragraphs

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Select writing activities based on the needs of individuals within the classroom
  • Write samples of each paragraph type to use as models

Classroom Considerations

  • Designed to accompany the larger text A Writer's Guide to Powerful Paragraphs

Pros

  • Includes sample paragraphs to accompany many of the assignments
  • Provides guidelines to help teachers implement the activities within the guide

Cons

  • Offers a limited selection of activities

Common Core

W.9-10.10 W.11-12.10

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