Beyond the five-paragraph essay /

Campbell, Kimberly Hill.

Beyond the five-paragraph essay / Beyond the 5-paragraph essay Kimberly Hill Campbell & Kristi Latimer. - Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, c2012. - ix, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.

Combating formulaic writing -- Establishing a routine of thoughtful reading and writing -- Reading like a writer -- Writing and discussion in support of thinking -- writing to explore -- Writing as an authority -- Writing with mentors -- Appendixes -- Suggested works.

Beyond The Five - Paragraph Essay makes the compelling argument that our students deserve better than to be pigeonholed into a structure that ensures inauthentic, formulaic writing, this book helps teachers to understant why it is time to put the sacred five - paragraph essay to rest, and it also provides teachers with numerous ideas on how to help students to write with authentic voice and purpose.

9781571108524 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781571109569 (ebook)

2011044233


English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Exposition (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Essay--Authorship.

LB1631 / .C36 2012

808/.0420712