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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We talked to a tutoring agency who told us that the some privates teach 5 paragraph essay formats at the end of 3rd grade. Public schools (we are public) are a year behind. The tutoring agency's syllabus starts with a descriptive paragraph but with many details and iterations, then a persuasive argument that is 3 paragraphs long, then a 5 paragraph essay.[/quote] IMO, this is too early and doesn’t make them better writers. What makes great writers is focusing on reading high quality literature and copy work from high quality literature; studying and imitating the writing of great writers. Eventually kids gain enough mental tools to begin writing their own words into paragraphs. But I would focus on the former until grade 4-5 at least [/quote] Nonsense. [/quote]
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