ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Essay Map
A fillable essay map in PDF format with boxes for an introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Closing Up Our Writing by Summing Up the Main Ideas
In this lesson, 5th graders will write a strong concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of a research essay.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Revising Expository/procedural Essay: Introduction and Conclusion
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for revising an essay so that it contains an effective introduction, conclusion, and controlling idea or thesis.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Organizational Problems
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides tips to help students with essay organizational problems. The article suggests that students look at the essay's introduction, thesis, transitions, body paragraphs,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Write Expository Text That Is Logically Organized
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to write an organized expository text in five lessons: Introduction, The Type of Burger: The Controlling Idea, Toppings: The...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paper Writing: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
This site shows students how to write an introduction, body, and conclusion to create a complete paper. Students see examples of two different types of introductions, get ideas for attention grabbers, gain understanding of the type of...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Organizing an Exploratory Essay
This handout focuses on organizing exploratory or inquiry essays including the introduction, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion. W.11-12.2 Informative
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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: Compare/contrast Essay [Pdf]
This PDF lesson focuses on writing a comparison/contrast essay, which is a great format for helping students think deeply about two ideas or concepts with multiple similarities and differences. This type of essay has four-parts -1) an...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions
This handout focuses on what an exploratory or inquiry paper is and how to write the introduction including the questions you need to answer and setting the context, stating why the main idea is important, and stating your research...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conclusions: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces conclusions. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Conclusions."
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Expository Essays
An explanation of an expository essay and its structure: thesis statement, logic transitions, introduction, body, conclusion, support, and creativity.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Crucible: Final Assessment Essay
This lesson focuses on writing a critical analysis essay over The Crucible by Arthur Miller. It features information about writing the introduction, body, and conclusion; a list of topics to choose from, and the essay requirements. Links...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay" [Pdf]
This is a nine-page PDF entitled "How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay" which explains in detail the parts of a literary analysis and how to write them.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Persuasive Essays
This site focuses on the student learning how to write strong persuasive essays. Strategies are provided to help the student complete a persuasive writing assignment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Revising for Effective Introductions and Conclusions
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to adjust your thesis so it accurately reflects the main idea of your essay. You will learn how to breathe life into a dead introduction...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Writing Narrative Essays
This article provides the components of narrative writing. The author emphasizes ways to make narrative writing better. W.9-10.3e Conclusion
Other
Livingston: Basic Guide to Essay Writing
This tutorial lists and discusses the steps to writing a good essay and provides a downloadable guide. It also allows you to view a sample essay. W.11-12.2a Intro/Format
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing an Argument Paper
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review how to write an argument paper. Students will review the parts of the argument paper, which include the thesis, claim, support, and counterarguments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.1, W.11-12.1a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Narratives
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" Writing Women
A close reading of "The Yellow Wall-paper" employing the analysis of such literary concepts as setting, narrative style, symbol, and characterization. Students will write an essay discussing what the story suggests about middle-class...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Conclusion or Summary
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains the purpose on writing a summary or conclusion of an essay. Brief "how to" tips are provided for writing a summary or conclusion to an essay.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Personal Storytelling With Accordion Books [Pdf]
In this lesson, students use the structure of an accordion book to identify parts of an essay: introduction, three supporting details, and conclusion. They then compose a personal story using events from the past school year and plan the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Five Paragraph Essay
Explains what each paragraph of the five-paragraph essay, should do. Then gives a side-by-side analysis of a sample essay, pointing out aspects of the introduction and thesis statement, the paragraph-by-paragraph development, and the...