: Re: On writing an essay, what are some good techniques to teach to schoolchildren? I am currently teaching the way to write an essay as this: Step 1, write the topic sentence of the whole essay.

@Frith254

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You do not describe the essay like it should be written, you describe it like it should be read.

Except for tests in school there is no need to begin writing with a topic sentence or that the first paragraph contains the first idea. If they know how to describe the second idea and have no clue yet about the first then they shall go on writing about the second. If this essay is written at home and not in school under time pressure they can rearrange the paragraphs afterwards.

If you teach them what to write in which order they will follow that way, not questioning that it could be easier for them to write about the idea which pops up first in their head. Writing in a strict order is only useful for school tests, not for real life.

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