How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay English I Mr. Cook Outlining Spool Paper Outline Introductory Paragraph • Lead • Thesis Statement (Power 1) • List the power 2 ideas • 2a. • 2b. • 2c. Body Paragraph 1 • 2a. Topic Sentence • 3. Detail • 3. Detail • 3. Detail Body Paragraph 2 • 2b. Topic Sentence • 3. Detail • 3. Detail • 3. Detail Body Paragraph 3 • 2c. Topic Sentence • 3. Detail • 3. Detail • 3. Detail Concluding Paragraph • Re-state thesis (Power 1) • Wind-down/conclusion A Good Essay is a lot Like a BLT Sandwich Thesis: •The main idea of your essay •The point you are II. tryingIII.to prove IV. I. •Should be exactly ONESecond sentenceThird long First Introduction Body Body Body Paragraph Para- ParaParagraph graph graph V. Conclusion Paragraph Warning: It is recommended that BLT is only used figuratively. Consumption may lead to serious health problems. Topic Sentence Conclusion Sentence Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________ Period: _____ • Lead (In 3-5 sentences, provide some background information for your reader. This may be in the form of a brief story, some facts and statistics, a powerful quote etc. The key is to get the attention of your reader and focus them on your topic) _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ • Power 1: Thesis Statement (State the central idea of your essay in ONE complete sentence.) _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ – Support Statement (Write a sentence that states the topics for your body paragraph. There should be three power 2 ideas) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ – 2a. Topic sentence (In one sentence, introduce the topic for this paragraph. It should be the same as the first topic from your support statement) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ – 2a. Conclusion sentence (In one sentence, summarize the ideas you discussed in this paragraph or transition to the next paragraph) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ – 2b. Topic sentence (In one sentence, introduce the topic for this paragraph. It should be the same as the second topic from your support statement) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ – 2b. Conclusion sentence (In one sentence, summarize the ideas you discussed in this paragraph or transition to the next paragraph) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ – 2c. Topic sentence (In one sentence, introduce the topic for this paragraph. It should be the same as the third topic from your support statement) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ • 3. Detail and Commentary (In two to three sentences, give specific details to support your thesis. Don’t forget to introduce your evidence first. Then include commentary that explains how your evidence proves your thesis.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ – 2c. Conclusion sentence (In one sentence, summarize the ideas you discussed in this paragraph or transition to the next paragraph) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Power 1: Restate your thesis using slightly different words __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ • Wind-Down/Conclusion (In three to five sentences, give your reader something to think about. You might offer your opinion about the ideas in your essay. You might relate the issues in your essay to the larger world. Your goal is to make your reader think about your essay after they have read it.) __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ If you use other people’s ideas or words and you don’t give them credit, you are committing a crime! 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