nukeswife Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Again, Essay writing will be taught, but not in the uber formulaic 5 paragraph theme way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 You should update your OP so you stop getting repetitive updates. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 You should update your OP so you stop getting repetitive updates. :) Or maybe people could take the time to read the posts in the thread. Because apparently this part of my updated original post isn't getting across to them. Clarifying again. I really need to make sure I'm clear in my posts, sorry for any confusion. I will teach them essay writing, I'm not asking "should I teach essay writing or not teach essay writing" I'm asking if the 5PE is really that important of a formula or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 We learned the 5 paragraph essay in high school. It was one of many formats we learned. It was an important skill for me because so many of my high school (and then college) exams had essay sections. I had spent so much time practicing the method that I could write one in less than 5 minutes. I think it is a good format for spewing information quickly on a test. I was taught the 5 paragraph essay in a 10th grade Expository Writing Class (in 1980) and it was the single most helpful thing I learned in high school (for college). I could organize an essay that met the requirements (and got a good grade) quickly and easily, even when the topic was boring and I had nothing to say about it. Time was in short supply and the 5P essay was a lifesaver. It is a great skill. That said, the three middle paragraphs weren't always "3"and I wouldn't recommend it for English classes. I taught it to my dc, then went on to the other types of rhetorical essays in Classical Writing or Corbett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Or maybe people could take the time to read the posts in the thread. Because apparently this part of my updated original post isn't getting across to them. Clarifying again. I really need to make sure I'm clear in my posts, sorry for any confusion. I will teach them essay writing, I'm not asking "should I teach essay writing or not teach essay writing" I'm asking if the 5PE is really that important of a formula or not. I get the sense that you started this thread looking for specific advice, and that people have taken the topic and run with it, the way they tend to here! And that maybe you aren't happy about that? Or you are thinking that every post references your original question? I don't think that's the case, I think this thread has taken on a life of its own, and grown into one where people are sharing ideas and experience about essay writing more generally. Which I think is a good thing! It's a great thread. Please don't feel like people are criticizing you personally. I think it's a really interesting thread, but I hate to see you getting your feelings hurt . . . :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 I get the sense that you started this thread looking for specific advice, and that people have taken the topic and run with it, the way they tend to here! And that maybe you aren't happy about that? Or you are thinking that every post references your original question? I don't think that's the case, I think this thread has taken on a life of its own, and grown into one where people are sharing ideas and experience about essay writing more generally. Which I think is a good thing! It's a great thread. Please don't feel like people are criticizing you personally. I think it's a really interesting thread, but I hate to see you getting your feelings hurt . . . :grouphug: My response that you quoted was only in reference to the post above it that maybe I should update my original thread, which I already had, but that didn't stop people from seeming to post answers which seemed to assume I was asking, "should I teach essay writing at all, or can I just skip it altogether because it's stupid" Maybe if the time was taken to read the whole post including it's updates that would help. I have no issue with the thread taking on a life of it's own as long as those off shoots don't seem to take the tone that some of the threads here have. Some of them were pretty obvious in their criticism of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I read the original post when it was posted. I don't reread it everytime there is more posted. I assume others are the same. So sometimes updating an original post doesn't do much good. And I think that this thread has run away from the original question and people have a lot of experience and opinions that they would like to share. I know I learnt a lot from this entire 3 page thread. Personally I would teach the format. But I am me. And I would advise it. However, you have already made a decision. And you are you, and your know your children best. There is no criticism there. Just a different strokes for, different folks thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 I understand that not everyone will read every post or that not everyone will check for updates, but then those people shouldn't be upset/offended/irritated if the OP states those updates within the thread as well. Apparently it's not just a case of "I'm sorry if you got your feelings hurt" because other posters have also posted things like, "She didn't say... " or "She already said..." So it's not just me taking certain posts that way. Sometimes frustration ensues because people answer without taking any time at all to even read the original thread, and sometimes people are just flat out rude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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