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To the Naysayers: Why We Teach the 5-Paragraph Essay Anyway
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Someone recently left me a comment on Facebook in response to an ad I created for a free essay-writing lesson plan. She said, “Yeah. Teach essay writing because we always need to write 5-paragraph essays as adults. What a joke.”
Okay. Sure, I get the sentiment, but I also think this home educator is missing the bigger picture.
We do not teach the 5-paragraph essay because it is a life skill. We teach it because it is a thinking skill.
So, in this episode, I will unpack why structured writing is really training wheels for the brain, how writing reveals how our children think…
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