For what it's worth neither I nor any kids I know have ever seen or done
a "five-paragraph essay." The only time I've ever heard of such a beast
has been at writing conferences, where they're sometimes mentioned, as
one does Lucifer, to keep them / it at bay.
Jamie
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From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Russ
Hunt
Sent: October 26, 2005 2:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Composition and Canada
I'm interested to read that this was the case. When I came to
this other planet, it seemed to me I had _escaped_ the 5pe and
the constraints of writing texts.
But of course that was a _long_ time ago.
-- Russ
> I couldn't understand why the five-paragraph essay style was
> de rigeur, and why curricula which grew out of textbook
> choices (rather than actual writing practice) held such
> immense sway.
>
> Marc, many of us have trouble understanding the same thing.
St. Thomas University
http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/
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