Enhance Writing Skills with the Paragraph Hamburger Method
The Paragraph Hamburger method is an effective teaching strategy designed to help students organize their ideas into well-structured paragraphs. This approach teaches learners how to present information clearly while demonstrating the relationships between concepts. Key components include crafting a clear topic sentence, writing several supporting sentences, and concluding with a sentence that restates the main point. By utilizing this method, students will develop their writing skills and improve their ability to convey information logically and cohesively.
Enhance Writing Skills with the Paragraph Hamburger Method
E N D
Presentation Transcript
Teaching Written Language Jessica Ranieri The use of Paragraph Hamburgers in writing.
Why use Paragraph Hamburgers • Helps students organize ideas into paragraphs. • Helps demonstrate concept organization. • Demonstrates how information is related.
Paragraph Hamburger Instruct on writing concluding sentence that restates the topic sentence Discuss the main components Have students write several supporting sentences Have students write a clear topic sentence
References • WETA. (2008). Classroom strategies : paragraph hamburgers. Readingrockets.org. Retrieved April 9, 2010, from http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/paragraph_hamburger • WETA. (2008). Classroom strategies : paragraph hamburgers. Readingrockets.org. Retrieved April 9, 2010, from http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading39/paragraph_unit/graphic_organizer1.htm