5 Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizer
- 34 pages
- 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
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About this resource
Students who can say what they think but freeze when it is time to build an essay need the steps laid out one page at a time. This is a complete kit for writing one five-paragraph essay, laid out for a middle school student with real room to write. It walks from picking a topic, to building a thesis, to a hook, an introduction, a map of the whole essay and three claim-evidence-explain body paragraphs, then a conclusion, three drafting pages, a revision checklist and a reverse outline. A finished sample on an invented, neutral topic shows the whole thing built from start to end.
EVERYTHING INSIDE (34 pages)
- 20 student pages in 16 page types: Pick a Topic, Thesis Builder, Thesis Check, Hook Ideas, Introduction Organizer, Essay Map, Sort a Paragraph, Body Paragraph (3 pages), Transition Bank, Transitions in Use, Conclusion Organizer, Sample Organizer, Sample Essay, Draft (3 pages), Revision Checklist and Reverse Outline
- 12 topic questions to choose from, 5 hook ideas with an example of each, and 30 transition words in 6 groups
- 23 scored items on 4 pages: 6 theses to call strong or weak, 8 transition sentences, 6 sentences to cut and paste, 3 questions on the sample essay
- 6 cut-and-paste pieces (claim, evidence, explain) that touch edge to edge, so cutting is a few straight lines
- A filled sample organizer and the 5-paragraph sample essay built from it (about 280 words), on a made-up topic about school-day length
- 3 drafting pages with large ruled boxes, and a 14-point revision checklist with two reads
- 2 answer-key and look-for pages, 1 tracker, 1 class grid, 1 team note, 1 family page and 1 filled example (an invented student)
- 1 phrase bank (24 starters), 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
- Start Here page
How It Works
1. Plan: topic, thesis, hook, introduction, an essay map on one page, and one organizer for each body paragraph (claim, evidence, explain, wrap up).
2. See a model: the sample organizer and the sample essay.
3. Draft on large ruled boxes, then read twice with the checklist, then read backward with the reverse outline to find a paragraph that does not prove the thesis.
Built For The Student Holding The Page
A "My name" line, one short instruction, large type and no cartoons or clip art. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult. Ruled lines are about a third of an inch, and the drafting pages give a full box for every paragraph. The file prints clean in black and white.
Type In, Or Print
The name line, every ruled box, answer box and check box are type-in fields in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. The same goes for the tracker, class grid, team note and family page. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.
Who This Is For
Middle school and early high school English classes, special education and resource rooms teaching essay structure, co-taught classes, and substitutes who need a writing unit ready to hand out. The reading is written at about a grades 6-9 level.
What This Is, And What It Is Not
A five-paragraph essay organizer set with the record-keeping around it. It does not score an essay, name a standard or give a rubric: there is a blank line on the tracker for your school's own. It is not a timed test, a screener or a clinical tool, and there is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file.
