The Paragraph Book

The Paragraph Book series is a highlyspecialized writing intervention series that targets middleschool students with learning differences who have not beensuccessful in conventional language arts programs. Theseries' step-by-step approach builds writing competency fromthe ground up-students learn to edit, format, and buildparagraphs while mastering 4 basic writing strands requiredin regular English classes. The use of editing marks istaught, which helps students with weak motor skills who havetrouble with handwriting, since they're able to write andrework passages without having to recopy the entire passage.In addition, the structured nature of the series helpsstudents have a framework on which to build. Specialattention is given to looking for missing capitals, droppedendings, missing and double words, and other common errors.By the end of the book, students are writing completeessays. Lively writing, illustrations, and a systematicapproach make this series easy to teach and to use. Eachbook in the series focuses on the composition of a specifictype of paragraph. 128 pages, softcover. Grades 6-8remedial.

The Paragraph Book: Book 1 coverswriting a How-To paragraph:

• How-toParagraphs
• the FNTF Formula
• EditingMarks
• Revising
• Paragraphformat
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Checking content
• Author'spurpose
• Balance
• Audience
• The How-toEssay

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Middle school students will gain excellentparagraph-writing skills using lessons provided in Teacher'sParagraph Book. Includes quick diagnostic assessment, plansand answer keys, exercises and activities, reproducibleassignment sheets and student progress grid, and more. 86pages, with appendices.

The Paragraph Book series is a highlyspecialized writing intervention series that targets middleschool students with learning differences who have not beensuccessful in conventional language arts programs. Theseries' step-by-step approach builds writing competency fromthe ground up-students learn to edit, format, and buildparagraphs while mastering 4 basic writing strands requiredin regular English classes. The use of editing marks istaught, which helps students with weak motor skills who havetrouble with handwriting, since they're able to write andrework passages without having to recopy the entire passage.In addition, the structured nature of the series helpsstudents have a framework on which to build. Specialattention is given to looking for missing capitals, droppedendings, missing and double words, and other common errors.By the end of the book, students are writing completeessays. Lively writing, illustrations, and a systematicapproach make this series easy to teach and to use. Eachbook in the series focuses on the composition of a specifictype of paragraph. 96 pages, softcover. Grades 6-8remedial.

The Paragraph Book: Book 2 coverswriting Narrative paragraphs:

• The Paragraph thatTells a Story
• FactualEvents
• Fiction
• Fables
• Myths
• Editing Marks
• Transitional Words
• SupportingDetails
• Direct Quotes
• Point ofView
• Openers and Closers
• ReadingComprehension
• Writing aStory

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The Paragraph Book series is a highly specializedwriting intervention series that targets middle schoolstudents with learning differences who have not beensuccessful in conventional language arts programs. Theseries' step-by-step approach builds writing competency fromthe ground up-students learn to edit, format, and buildparagraphs while mastering 4 basic writing strands requiredin regular English classes. By the end of the book, studentsare writing complete essays. Lively writing, illustrations,and a systematic approach make this series easy to teach andto use.

This teacher's guide is designed to be usedwith the The ParagraphBook 2 (sold-separately).

Teacher's guidesinclude lesson plans, quizzes, reproducible assignments,writing samples, and reference lists. The easy-to-followlesson format builds on previous material and includesclearly stated objectives.

Grades 6-8 remedial.

Please note that this item is available for purchaseby Homeschools only.

Clear, concise, and well-written paragraphs are the goal ofnearly every elementary teacher. Get your students to thatlevel with The Paragraph Book! Beginning with areview of Book 2, Book 3 focuses on three-part paragraphs,the number formula, expo paragraphs, transitions, topicsentences, quantity terms, lead-ins, and more. With editing,writing, comprehension, word bank, and graphic organizeractivities, students will improve their skills through avariety of methods that retain interest while stretchingtheir abilities. 128 pages, softcover. Middle SchoolGrades.

Please note that this item is available forpurchase by Homeschools only.

This teacher's guide accompanies the sold-separately The Paragraph Book 3. Lessonplans have notes for preparing before starting the lesson,page-by-page instructions with answers, objectives,introduction, lesson, and an assignment. Reproducibleassignment sheets and student progress grid included. 83pages, softcover.

Clear, concise, and well-written paragraphs are the goal ofnearly every elementary teacher. Get your students to thatlevel with The Paragraph Book! Beginning with areview of Book 3, Book 4 focuses on classifying, comparing,cause and effect, and persuasive paragraphs. With editing,writing, comprehension, and graphic organizer activities,students will improve their skills through a variety ofmethods that retain interest while stretching theirabilities. 132 pages, softcover.

This teacher's guide accompanies the The Paragraph Book 4(sold-separately), and contains an overview of the program,and overview of Book 4, a lesson-by-lesson guide with answerkeys, and teacher resources and reproducibles. Each lessonincludes objectives, what to do before starting the lesson,introducing the lesson, answers, and assignments. 92 pages,softcover.