The Five Paragraph Esssay
Critical Question: How do I organize my thoughts into a five paragraph essay?
Task: The students will learn how to organize their ideas into paragraphs by reviewing this website.
Outline of the Five Paragraph Essay
| Introduction | This paragraph needs to get the reader's attention. It needs to include a topic sentence. It should be at least three sentences long. |
| First Body Paragraph | This paragraph should also contain a topic sentence that supports the main idea of the paragraph. There should be at least three supporting detail sentences that follow it. They should support the main idea of the paper. |
| Second Body Paragraph | This paragraph should also contain a topic sentence that supports the main idea of the paragraph. There should be at least three supporting detail sentences that follow it. They should support the main idea of the paper. |
| Third Body Paragraph | This paragraph should also containa topic sentence that supports the main idea of the paragraph. There should be at least three supporting detail sentences that follow it. They should support the main idea of the paper. |
| Conclusion | This paragraph ties everything together by restating the topic sentence from the introduction. It should be at least three sentences long and support the topic of the paper. |