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.

Concepts

paragraph writing, writing paragraphs, paragraphs

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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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