by imavexadmin | Apr 17, 2017 | [Writing]
The paragraph is the building block of solid writing. A paragraph (or set of paragraphs) develops a part of the topic; it explains a facet of the topic. Strong writing includes multiple facets of a bigger idea explored among several paragraphs. However, writing a...
by imavexadmin | May 2, 2014 | [Writing]
FAQ: How do you teach students to start a new paragraph? ANSWER: Students need to know when to indent and start a new paragraph. Share with them the 3 most common scenarios: When the sub-topic changes–When the facts, information, details, or ideas shift to...
by imavexadmin | Dec 12, 2012 | [Writing]
Teaching students to write paragraphs requires us to reconsider what we learned as the hard and fast rules of writing. We cannot continue to tell students that paragraphs must include a specific number of sentences and also have a literal topic sentence. In fact,...