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The SIM Paragraph Writing Strategy (SCRIBE, PENS)
With the Paragraph Writing Strategy, students learn to list ideas related to a topic; plan the point of view and verb tense to be used in the paragraph; plan the sequence in which ideas will be expressed; and write a variety of topic, detail, and clincher sentences.
The SIM Proficiency in the Sentence Writing Strategy (PENS)
Proficiency in the Sentence Writing Strategy is appropriate for students who already have a thorough grounding in basic concepts and terms (such as “subject” and “verb”); students will learn advanced sentence writing skills, including writing compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences with this strategy.
Topic, Important, Detailed, Ending (TIDE) Strategy
TIDE is a practical strategy for planning and writing informative or expository paragraphs by giving students a clear, repeatable framework for organizing their ideas and making their writing structured and easy to follow.
Topic, Introduce, Quote, Analyze (TIQA) Strategy
TIQA is a straightforward strategy for informational writing and literary analysis that guides students through four key components to build strong, focused, text-based paragraphs: Topic sentence, Introduction of evidence, Quotation, and Analysis.