Graphic organizer for a five paragraph essay example

The introduction is the first paragraph in your essay, and it should accomplish a few specific goals. 1. Capture the reader’s interest - It is a good idea to start your essay with an interesting statement in order to get the reader’s attention.

Body The body of the essay will include three paragraphs, each limited to one main idea that supports your thesis. You should state your idea, then back it up with at least three sentences of evidence or examples. Each body paragraph should end with a mini-conclusion that concludes the idea in that paragraph.

The graphic organizer has places to write the topic of the essay and the thesis statement at the topic. Right below the topic is a section for an attention grabbing sentence or attention grabbing question for the first sentence of the introductory paragraph. If students have a great first sentence the essay will definitely start off right.

To use printable graphic organizers effectively, teachers need to understand each graphic organizer’s purpose and understand how to teach students to successfully use one. Two popular graphic organizers are the Venn Diagram and the Five Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizer. The Venn Diagram is probably the most well known graphic organizers.