Helps students develop their paragraph writing skills. Students learn how to write an effective paragraph -- developed by reason, detail, sequence, example, and cause and effect.

Choosing from a menu of topics, students are guided to develop an idea, and to write their own topic sentence, body, and conclusion. Steps include pre-writing, writing, organizing, revising, rewriting, and publishing.

Teachers can monitor their students' progress in the record management system.

Designed for students in grades 5 through 10 (ages 10 and up), the software can also be used by English language learners and adult students.

Curriculum

Paragraph Punch, Skill Levels 5 - 10

• The program contains 15 writing topics and 1,548 help prompts to guide students through each step in the writing process.
• Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages.
• All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager.

Students will...

• Use pre-writing strategies for different writing tasks.
• Write clear descriptive sentences.
• Focus writing on a central idea or topic.
• Use supporting ideas, detail, and facts to develop and elaborate on a topic.
• Proofread to correct conventional errors in mechanics, usage, and punctuation.

User Guide

• Paragraph Punch Software Program Manual
  (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)