| Basic 5 Paragraph Essay |
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| Paragraph One: Introduction Start with your hook/attention-getter. Then take the main topic (thesis statement) and break it down into 3 subtopics (3 supporting ideas). Introductory Statement: _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Thesis statement: ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Supporting Idea #1 _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Supporting Idea #2 _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Supporting Idea #3 _____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ |
| Paragraph Two: First Body Paragraph Bring down Supporting Idea #1 from above and think of three reasons or details that support Idea #1. Your Supporting Idea #1 from above will be your Topic Sentence or first sentence in this paragraph. A topic sentence tells me what your paragraph is about. Your three supporting reasons or details must all be about your #1 idea! Supporting Idea #1 (topic sentence)______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Transition _____________________________________________________________ |
| Paragraph Three: Second Body Paragraph Bring down Supporting Idea #2 from the Introduction Paragraph and think of three reasons or details that support Idea #2. Your Supporting Idea #2 from above will be your Topic Sentence or first sentence in this paragraph. A topic sentence tells me what your paragraph is about. Your three supporting reasons or details must all be about your #2 idea! Supporting Idea #2 (topic sentence)______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Transition ______________________________________________________________ |
| Paragraph Four: Third Body Paragraph Bring down Supporting Idea #3 from the Introduction Paragraph and think of three reasons or details that support Idea #3. Supporting Idea #3 (topic sentence)_____________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Reason ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ |
| Paragraph Five: Conclusion Paragraph Tell me your Thesis Statement again (put it into different words): _________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Remind the reader of your three supporting ideas _______________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Why is this topic important to you? ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Why should the world care?_____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ |