Human Resilience Essay
Body Paragraph Writing Frame
1. List all of the components of what defines human resilience.
2. Using 3 of the components listed above, construct a thesis
statement using the following writing frame.
“As presented through Jeannette Walls’s memoir, The Glass Castle,
resilience is _________________, ___________________, and
___________________.”
3. Using each point in thesis statement, create topic sentences.
Topic Sentence I:
Topic Sentence II:
Topic Sentence III:
4. Select one of the topic sentences above and use it to complete the
following writing frame for what could be one of this essay’s body
paragraphs.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________(topic sentence). There are multiple occurrences in Walls’s
memoir that reflect the idea that resilience is
________________________________ (introduces the examples and ties the
examples back to the idea presented in the topic sentence). There are
two examples that best embody this aspect of resilience. The first
example is _________________________________ (evidence). It reflects
_____________ (ties back to topic sentence) because
________________________ (elaboration – answers the why ?).
_______________ (transition sentence – move the reader from 1st example
to the 2nd). The second example this same aspect of resilience is
_________________________________________________(evidence).Additionally,
the reader sees this idea developed because
______________________________________________ (elaboration).
________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________ (This
sentence ties the paragraph up and brings it to a close.)