I agree with the author on the fact that the “five paragraph essay” does more harm than good. It forces students to follow a template to answer an essay question with little mobility to be creative or show their personality…
Five Paragraph
I agree with the author on the fact that the “five paragraph essay” does more harm than good. It forces students to follow a template to answer an essay question with little mobility to be creative or show their personality…
Five paragraph
Warner talks about how the five-paragraph essay is simply a container, or a fill-in-the-blank questionnaire for college writers whenever they have to write anything. While he mentions that the ‘five-paragraph essay’ is harmful and limiting, I do not necessarily think…
Rehnuma
I think there is merit to the five-paragraph essay. The way I think about it is, introduction, three reasons, and a conclusion. Each paragraph is a reason. I think it could be made into four paragraphs. Maybe two reasons, and…
David T. Five Paragraph Essay
I completely agree with the author of this excerpt I’ve always thought that the 5 paragraph essay has been out dated and in my opinion it should only be used in the very amateur stages of writing. The 5 paragraph…
Spring ’19 Blog Posts
Assignment: Writing about/around/away from Final Project Blog Posts (40% of your grade) Details: In order to truly understand the value and possibility of research, we have to actually research! Below you’ll find seven categories of writing prompts. You are responsible…
Fall
Final Post
Congratulations! You have made it to the end of the semester. For your final post/comment, I’d like you to reflect on the following quote: “Writing is really a way of thinking — not just feeling but thinking about things that…
Autoethnography– optional freewrite.
Strong Island Approach: Vance Ford interviews his mother to better understand the death of his brother as well as systemic racism. Who is one person you would like to interview to better understand your question? Spend time crafting questions to…
Henrietta Lacks/Strong Island
Identify a scene where a character is “researching.” What kind of research is it? How does it help the character with his/her overall goal? How is this research related to a personal experience? personal goal? personal desire? What methods of…
