Essay Template Description:
It's important that students write an outline before they begin their essay writing. A solid outline is key to ensuring students follow the standard essay-writing structure and stay on topic.
This is a simple template I have my students complete before they begin writing their five-paragraph academic essay.
The essay template includes sections for the following.
- Thesis statement
- Body Paragraph #1 Topic Sentence
- Supporting Detail
- Supporting Detail
- Supporting Detail
- Body Paragraph #2 Topic Sentence
- Supporting Detail
- Supporting Detail
- Supporting Detail
- Body Paragraph #3 Topic Sentence
- Supporting Detail
- Supporting Detail
- Supporting Detail
- Conclusion
Notes:
- I have put the third supporting detail section in each body paragraph in brackets, since it may not be needed if the first two points support the topic sentence sufficiently (this is my opinion).
- I have not put a blank field for the conclusion section, since the student is merely meant to restate the thesis statement in a fresh way and include a So What? idea that indicates why the topic is important.
Feel free to edit the essay template as you'd like.
Essay Template Download: five-paragraph-essay-outline-template.docx
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- Matthew Barton / Creator of Englishcurrent.com
Thank you. Love this template for my students.
Thank you. I also love this template for my students
Thank you this template is very good..and I understand now
Thank you for the outline…. would you consider providing examples of topics ? Just a thought… Once again, thank you
Here are some topics you could write an essay on: https://www.englishcurrent.com/speaking/discussion-speech-topics-esl/
i think it is very good. but like someone else said would you give more examples, but thank you verry much
so this is where my teacher gets her lesson plans. XD thanks this will help when i constantly lose my work.