Wild Child Annotations

Literature and Education Resources for the Wild at Heart

English essay

  • Analyze This: Body Paragraphs and Analysis

    The more essays one writes, the more one is able to bend the rules. In its purest form, however, a body paragraph follows a fairly straightforward format. Welcome to this classic version: Introductory sentence(s), Evidence, Thesis tie-in, Analysis. IETA, if you will. Rolls right off the tongue. Read more

  • How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay

    By now you know how much I love the student essay. But how to go about teaching or writing one? I’m so glad you asked! Traditionally, the first essay a student learns how to write is the five paragraph essay. From there, he or she can learn to write a longer essay by… Read more