Abstract
What should we teach in the elementary writing class? The purpose of this paper is to propose the syllabus of elementary writing class aimed on discourse structure. In this paper, I mention the following points: 1) the topic in each paragraph and omittable words, 2) how to combine two sentences into one, 3) discourse markers, 4) pronouns used in a context, 5) writer's point of view, 6) the order of description, and 7) a topic and a closing sentence in the paragraph. The elementary writing class taken account of above points was very effective for paragraph writing.
