Thinking in Threes: The Power of Three in Writing

By Brian Backman

This practical resource helps students see the importance of "the rules of three" in writing successful essays. The student-friendly activities in this book give students essay-writing strategies organized in easy-to-remember groups of three. The book includes many activities and games that help point out the importance of the number three in our language.

With Thinking in Threes, powerful writing strategies are as easy as 1-2-3 Some of the rules of three explained in this book include:

three steps for brainstorming,
three "Ps" of a thesis statement, three paragraphs in the body of an essay,
three ways to connect paragraphs and sentences,
three types of evidence to support topic sentences,
three qualities of a good example,
three things to include in a quotation,
three ways to hook the reader in an introduction,
three ways to write fluent sentences,
three ways to write successful conclusions, and
three phrases for completing a timed writing assignment.

The goal of Thinking in Threes is to empower students to write great essays in your classroom

Grade 5-Adult

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877673676
• ISBN13: 9781877673672
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Effective writing

Great reference for writing. I was able to improve my essays after following the guidelines and doing all the exercises in this book. It gave examples and detailed explanations why thinking always in threes is important. My essays have become clear and organized after using this book. I have enjoyed essay writing so much that I was able to upload more than 30 documents using powerpoint to Scribd. So far, I have received more than 2500 views for these documents. Truly inspirational for me to improve my writing and produce more essays!

Great Product!!!

This is an exceptional tool for teaching writing. It really breaks down the writing process for the students and gives them easy steps in threes. I highly recommend it!