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She criticized the direction that student writing and reading was going in when they are being taught the "five-paragraph essay" instead of given complex writing assignments and are being required to read passages from texts instead of books.
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Who's Listening? Joel Shatzky 2010
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She criticized the direction that student writing and reading was going in when they are being taught the "five-paragraph essay" instead of given complex writing assignments and are being required to read passages from texts instead of books.
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Who's Listening? Joel Shatzky 2010
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McDowell and Baker tried to qualify away their support in their brief, five-paragraph, one-page statement, calling the merger conditions generally "excessively coercive and lengthy," among other adjectives.
Art Brodsky: Obama Tech Plans at Risk From FCC and GOP Congress Art Brodsky 2011
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McDowell and Baker tried to qualify away their support in their brief, five-paragraph, one-page statement, calling the merger conditions generally "excessively coercive and lengthy," among other adjectives.
Art Brodsky: Obama Tech Plans at Risk From FCC and GOP Congress Art Brodsky 2011
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What I thought would be a snappy response turned into five-paragraph explanation, during which I realized I didn't actually have a snappy response.
Justin Cox: Is Journalism Grad School Worth It? Justin Cox 2011
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McDowell and Baker tried to qualify away their support in their brief, five-paragraph, one-page statement, calling the merger conditions generally "excessively coercive and lengthy," among other adjectives.
Art Brodsky: Obama Tech Plans at Risk From FCC and GOP Congress Art Brodsky 2011
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What I thought would be a snappy response turned into five-paragraph explanation, during which I realized I didn't actually have a snappy response.
Justin Cox: Is Journalism Grad School Worth It? Justin Cox 2011
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What I thought would be a snappy response turned into five-paragraph explanation, during which I realized I didn't actually have a snappy response.
Justin Cox: Is Journalism Grad School Worth It? Justin Cox 2011
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On that page was a bizarre five-paragraph statement in which Lewis referred to "the curse of being labeled the Tylenol Man."
FBI Reopens Infamous "Tylenol Murders" Case - The Consumerist 2009
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During one recent fifth-grade language-arts class, teacher Lauren Riley asked students to pull out a five-paragraph essay they were supposed to be writing at home and circle spots where they correctly used capital letters.
The ABCs of Online Schools Stephanie Simon 2011
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