5 Paragraph Essay?

Should we teach it anymore? "You write to communicate something, and that means you have to adapt the form to the function," argues Mark Anderson, a teacher at the Jonas Bronck Academy in New York City. Is the ol' five paragraph essay support or a straight jacket? Read more from the article: Is the Five-Paragraph Essay History? http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2016/06/20/is-the-five-paragraph-essay-history.html?cmp=soc-tw-shr via @educationweek. What are your thoughts? Have you ever used this fornat in real-life? Should we teach curruculum that does not have relevance in the world of career, life-skills, or higher level academia? If we don't teach this clear format of thesis/claim and support, will students learn to identify and cite high-quality evidence or is there a more efficient tool for teaching conventions?