Re: high school essay length?

From: Sue Stewart (Sue_Stewart_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2003 - 12:38:56 PDT

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I teach English (11th) and they work from single expanded paragraphs all
the way to full-blown research papers. Standard essay length would be 5
to 7 paragraphs -100 words is a good meaty paragraph - my answer to how
long? is "as long as it takes top say what you need to say".

Sue E. Stewart
Sumner High School

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