Effect Of The Five Paragraph Essay

All through our academic years we were taught how to write. Starting with elementary, when the form of writing was first introduced, it consisted of compositions with simple prompts about our weekends. Now, that there was an idea of how to write, middle school English teachers began teaching students a writing format. This format is commonly known as the five-paragraph essay, which entailed an introduction, three supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The five-paragraph essay began being strongly implemented in high school and it leads to many debates whether or not it benefited students proceeding into college. I believe the five-paragraph format was helpful for high school students starting out, but is not as beneficial to freshman

In “The Ill Effect of the Five Paragraph Essay” written by Kimberly Wesley, Wesley explained that there was an assigned essay of five-to-seven pages long. The student, mentioned by Wesley, had difficulties comprehending how to incorporate the five-paragraph essay into her assignment. Many students face this problem throughout their academic years and although teachers began by teaching an excellent organization method, the students still had a form of missing information. Students of all grade levels faced different problems from the others, especially if they were taking remedial or advanced classes. Students are all taught one way in the beginning, but when more options are presented to students everyone begins to learn differently. Such as, a dual enrollment, student is being taught at the college level so they have a better understanding of how to write a well-organized essay before actually attending the university; however, a student in a remedial or regular course does not know quite the same thing. A dual enrollment, student learns slightly more than students not taking the same course perhaps because dual enrollment students are taught about research papers and content within their writing, but not all students take an AP course; therefore, very few students are taught the strategy needed to help them easily advance once they enroll into