Students will be using the Power Writing method to write paragraphs for their weekly  journal.  A typical paragraph would be:

 1  Topic sentence

      2  Supporting idea

           3  Detail                                

           3  Detail

        2  Supporting idea

            3  Detail

            3  Detail

  1  Concluding sentence

You can add in additional 2s (supporting ideas);  just add two 3s (details) for each 2 you add.

Here is an example of a typical paragraph using this method:

        1Last summer my family went on an amazing picnic at the park.  2We brought a huge lunch to share with the whole family.  3There was freshly made ham sandwiches, apple pie, and ice cold lemonade.  3My favorite food that was brought was fruit salad that tasted wonderful.  2While we were at the park we played games.  3The whole family played a game of tug-of-war, and my side won!  3We also played on the playground equipment, which had awesome monkey-bars.  1It was a wonderful picnic at the park and I can't wait until we do it again!