5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY
How to get started…
THESIS STATEMENTS
For a thesis statement, you need:
 STANCE
 TOPIC
 3 GENERAL REASONS WHY
Ex.
Parkland School District should split into North and
South Parkland because it will reduce class size,
cause less crowding in the halls, and allow for a
quicker commute to school.
THESIS STATEMENTS
Now, you try…
Write a 3 point thesis statement for the following prompt:
If you could hang out with anyone
for a day (dead/alive; past/present), who
would it be?
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FORMULA:
Subject + stance/feelings on the subject + 3 reasons/points
THESIS STATEMENTS
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Share your thesis
statements with your
table.
Pick one good one from
the table to share with
the class.
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INTRODUCTIONS!
Introductions need to include :
• Attention Grabber!!!
• Introduce your subject or give background
information
• 3 Pt. Thesis
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INTRODUCTIONS
 Read the following sample
introductions from students about
their essays on the person they
would most like to meet.
Decide whether or not each
introduction is good or bad.
INTRODUCTIONS
I would hang out with
Jesus for a day. I would
hang out with Jesus
because we could walk on
water, heal the sick, and do
the supernatural.
INTRODUCTIONS
If I could spend one day
with anyone, I would spend it
with Jimi Hendrix. He is an
awesome guitarist,
a huge inspiration
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guitar players alike,
and he plays great
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Living at a swimming pool twenty-four
hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred
sixty-five days a year is rough, AND, smelling
like one is even worse. I have no one better to
agree with me than Michael Phelps. Michael
Phelps is an awesome swimmer and I would
love to spend a day with him. He could teach
me how to swim better and help me with drills.
Spending a day with Michael Phelps would be
amazing because he is a nice person, could fix
my strokes, and I could observe what an
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Hanging out with “the King,” being
followed by groupies, and being
center of attention, who wouldn’t
that? If I could spend one day
with any person it would have to be Elvis.
Elvis was the man back in the day with his
swiveling hips and twitching upper lip. Who
wouldn’t think he’s dreamy? Furthermore,
just that time period in general interests me.