Four Square Writing

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Four Square Writing
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What is Four Square Writing?

• Four-square writing is a method of teaching
  basic writing skills that is applicable across
  grade levels and curriculum areas. It can be
  applied when writing narrative, descriptive,
  expository or persuasive forms of writing.

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How to Create a Four-Square Graphic Organizer

1. Fold a sheet of white, unlined paper into four
   equal squares.
2. Write a topic sentence in the middle of the
   paper.
3. In three of the squares write a complete sentence
   which states reasons, examples, or explanations
   that support the sentence in the center of the
   paper.

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1. In the fourth box write a feeling sentence to
   support the topic.
2. Then go back to each square and write in several
   detail sentences about the first sentence you
   wrote in the box.
3. Finally use your Four Square pre-writing to write
   your story.

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Sample
2. Exposition Sally is a twelve-year old girl
living in New York City.
3. Rising Action Sally meets and falls in love
with Jake, who likes Martha so she tries to win
Jake over by doing crazy things..
1. Problem sentence Sally thinks she is ugly.
4. Climax and Falling Action Jake asks Sally to
the prom, Jake dances with other girls, and many
boys want to dance with Sally and ask her why she
cares about such a loser.
5. Resolution Sally realizes that she is not
ugly and decides that Jake is not worth her time.
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Read your prompt or look carefully at the picture
your teacher gave you and begin the process. Go
back to the instructions if you need to do so.