Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Persuasive Essay Support

As we are finishing up our persuasive essay on dams this week, we have been using these sentence starters more.


Here is the essay structure to help us remember the 5 paragraph essay format.

Introduction: Hook the reader, state your thesis with your three big ideas. Really get your reader interested in your message.

Paragraph 2,3,4: Big Idea Paragraphs. State your Point, then provide Evidence, Explain what it means and how it is connected to your point, and finally Link these ideas all together or link to your next Big Idea.

Conclusion: Restate your thesis and Big ideas in a new and interesting way. BIG PUSH to convince people that your opinion is important and they should listen to you.

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