How to Write a 5-Paragraph Essay Step-by-Step: Step-by-Step Study Skills

What makes any self-help or personal development book great? It's when the information is short, simple, specific, and step-by-step! Jay Matthews's book on writing essays is less than 200 pages, it's easy to read and follow, he provides specific examples and let's you try exercises, and he walks you through each lesson one by one. Amazing book on the fundamentals of writing and it should be mandatory reading for students and professionals of any age who want to improve their written communication! If you need this writing aid then save yourself time and error and buy it today.

My son is using this to learn how to write essays. It's a school task he does not enjoy. This is helping him to break it down in bite-size chunks by doing the lessons one by one.

The pages lack creativity, but are useful for practice.

I got this as summer practice for my 14-year-old autistic son. He is extremely step-by-step. He's an excellent student and very bright but struggles horribly with writing essays. Part of the problem with essay writing is that the assignments are often ambiguous - something that does not work well for most autistic people. This book breaks everything down into concrete steps. I love how the author explains how really any topic can be approached with the same steps. And even with all of this information, the book is brief and easy to read. I have my son go through 3 to 6 pages a day and we're working our way up to him writing a couple of essays before summer's end. He says he feels more prepared. Even if he's still struggles when it comes to actually writing essays again, I know that we will be able to go back to this book and break down the steps for him at any time. Thank you so much!!

This writing guide was a game changer for my daughter. We used this her senior year of homeschooling and her writing improved so much! She is a sophomore in college now and still says she’s so glad she did this workbook. She breezes through her papers while others struggle so much. She even helps others with their papers now. Highly recommend How to Write a 5 Paragragh Essay!

This book is the truth is worth the buy

I love the fact that it walls you through the steps thoroughly step -by- step by step! Good for those that may need a refresher or simple don't know. I used it for my 5-8 grade students that I tutor. Great book for all!

Underwhelmed, but an OK resource. Another tool in the kit for this first year teacher.