Step Up Paragraph Writing

We use the structured paragraph for information writing.  The students understand the required elements of a paragraph.  As they become comfortable with the structure they will begin to use their voice and add prepositional pharases and clauses to their writing in order to make it more interesting.  Below is a parent guide from a different school district.  It is explains the process nicely.  I have also included the forms we use to write our paragraphs.