E. R. Cox

This paragraph guide assists students in writing a paragraph about an author's perspective about a topic or issue from an expository text. This form guides students in transferring the textual evidence they recorded and the explanations they developed from a "Say, Mean, Matter" graphic organizer into a paragraph format. This form is heavily scaffolded for the struggling writer and includes sentence starters, footnotes to incorporate appropriate transitions, as well as guiding questions in the ma

This paragraph guide assists students in writing a paragraph about the theme conveyed in a literary work. This resource guides students in transferring the textual evidence they recorded and the explanations they developed from a "Say, Mean, Matter" graphic organizer (available for download for free in my store) into a paragraph format. This form may also be used to support students in writing body paragraphs for a recurring theme essay. This paragraph guide is heavily scaffolded for the struggl