Listening, Motivation, and Success
5 Paragraph Essay
The Big Question:
Given your responsibilities and your obstacles, how will you be
successful in your freshmen year of high school?
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Paragraph One: Introduction
*Grab the attention of the reader
*Tell what your paper is going to be about
*Briefly describe how the “big question” will be
answered
Paragraph Two: Body Paragraph One
*Describe your responsibilities as a student here
at Seymour High School.
*Be sure to have a topic sentence and a
concluding sentence.
Paragraph Three:
Body Paragraph Two
*Describe any obstacles that you might face that
could prevent you from being successful and
meeting your responsibilities. Furthermore, you
must describe how you plan to overcome those
obstacles.
*Be sure to have a topic sentence and a
concluding sentence.
Paragraph Four: Body Paragraph Three
*Describe success strategies that you will use to
accomplish your goals and meet your
responsibilities as a student here at Seymour High
School.
*Be sure to have a topic sentence and a
concluding sentence.
Paragraph Five: Conclusion
*Restate the main points of the details of the
paper.
*Be sure the “big question” is answered in this
paragraph.