Middle School: MS1
Powerful Paragraphs Course Overview

Students work on developing clear and precisely written paragraphs on a variety of topics. They create topic sentences, details, and closing sentences. They write expository, narrative, and descriptive paragraphs.

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Weekly Objectives:

The Topic Sentence – Unit 1: Students review the elements of a complete sentence and then identify the topic sentence of a paragraph and create their own topic sentences.

Supporting Details – Unit 2: Students identify supporting details and write their own supporting details.

Closing Sentence – Unit 3: Students choose the best closing sentence for a paragraph and then create their own. They also write a complete paragraph.

Writing in Chronological Order – Unit 4: Students write paragraphs listing events and steps in chronological order.

Narrative Paragraphs – Unit 5: Students write narrative paragraphs using both creativity and life experiences.

Descriptive Paragraphs – Unit 6: Students write descriptive paragraphs using real and imagined scenes and objects.

Compare/Contrast Paragraphs – Unit 7: Students use comparison and contrasting as a method to write paragraphs.

Proofreading and Editing – Unit 8: Students proofread and self-edit their own expository and narrative paragraphs.