Becoming a Good Writer

garland
Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:21:57 +0000

A pox on the five-paragraph essay! Seriously, it does teach one basic idea of structure, but knocking it out of my first year comp students is a real pain. The structure basically bypasses a complex argument in favor of a list. “I think this cuz three reasons–reason 1, reason 2, reason 3–those were my three reasons. Done.” Bleh.