Name ______________________________ Date _________ Class ______ Prompt:_________________________
Introduction Shaping Sheet
1. Use one of the following strategies to grab the reader’s attention: (anecdote, scenario, question, brief history, quotation/dialogue,
point of view, taking a stand, description, 5 Ws –Who? What? When? Where? Why—of a situation, or combination)
2. State your 2-part thesis: Even though/ Although …
Body Paragraph 1: Shaping Sheet
1. Topic Sentence:
2. In the remaining 5-10 sentences (minimum), layer elaboration strategies to explain and support your topic sentence. Use at least two
elaboration strategies: _________________________ ___________________________
3. Concluding sentence that leads into your next paragraph:
Body Paragraph 2: Shaping Sheet
1. Topic Sentence:
2. In the remaining 5-10 sentences (minimum), layer elaboration strategies to explain and support your topic sentence.
two elaboration strategies: _________________________ ___________________________
Use at least
3. Concluding sentence that leads into the next paragraph:
Body Paragraph 3: Shaping Sheet
1. Topic Sentence:
2. In the remaining 5-10 sentences (minimum), layer elaboration strategies to explain and support your topic sentence. Use at least two
elaboration strategies: _________________________ ___________________________
3. Concluding sentence that leads into the conclusion:
Conclusion Shaping Sheet
1. Summarize the BIG picture. Restate your thesis with different synonyms (i.e. say it in a different way).
2. Connect your introduction to your conclusion with one or more of the following strategies that ECHO your introduction:(anecdote,
scenario, question, brief history, quotation/dialogue, point of view, taking a stand, description, 5 Ws –Who? What? When? Where?
Why—of a situation, or combination)
3. Leave your reader wanting more by finishing with a powerful sentence that wraps up your thinking.