Last Name 1

Student Name
Teacher Name
Class Period
Date
Paper Title
Introduction Paragraph
Sentence 1: Hook: Catch your readers interest immediately in a creative
way.
Sentences 2 and 3: Set the context: provide general information about
the topic overall; you should not be stating your argument here.
Sentences 4 and 5: State why the main idea is important; tell the reader
why they should keep reading; explain why this topic is important for
current and future generations.
Sentence 6: Thesis Statement

Body Paragraph #1 Sentence 1: Topic Sentence (first proof from thesis statement)
Sentence 2: Statement: Major Support Statement for Topic Sentence
Sentence 3: Example #1: Fact detail, or reference to a selected text
(annotated bibliography!) that backs up your Major Support Statement.
This will be in correctly formatted using MLA in-text citation expectations.
Sentences 4 and 5: Explanation: Student commentary that justifies
previous sentence.
Sentence 6: Statement: Major Support Statement for Topic Sentence
Sentence 7: Example #2: Fact detail, or reference to a selected text
(annotated bibliography!) that backs up your Major Support Statement.
This will be in correctly formatted using MLA in-text citation expectations.
Sentences 8 and 9: Explanation: Student commentary that justifies
previous sentence
Sentence 10: Closing/Transitional Sentence

Body Paragraph #2
Sentence 1: Topic Sentence (second proof from thesis statement)
Sentence 2: Statement: Major Support Statement for Topic Sentence
Sentence 3: Example #1: Fact detail, or reference to a selected text
(annotated bibliography!) that backs up your Major Support Statement.
This will be in correctly formatted using MLA in-text citation expectations.
Sentences 4 and 5: Explanation: Student commentary that justifies
previous sentence
Sentence 6: Statement: Major Support Statement for Topic Sentence
 Last Name 2

Sentence 7: Example #2: Fact detail, or reference to a selected text

(annotated bibliography!) that backs up your Major Support Statement.
This will be in correctly formatted using MLA in-text citation expectations.
Sentences 8 and 9: Explanation: Student commentary that justifies
previous sentence
Sentence 10: Closing/Transitional Sentence

Body Paragraph #3
Sentence 1: Topic Sentence (third proof from thesis statement)
Sentence 2: Statement: Major Support Statement for Topic Sentence
Sentence 3: Example #1: Fact detail, or reference to a selected text
(annotated bibliography!) that backs up your Major Support Statement.
This will be in correctly formatted using MLA in-text citation expectations.
Sentences 4 and 5: Explanation: Student commentary that justifies
previous sentence
Sentence 6: Statement: Major Support Statement for Topic Sentence
Sentence 7: Example #2: Fact detail, or reference to a selected text
(annotated bibliography!) that backs up your Major Support Statement.
This will be in correctly formatted using MLA in-text citation expectations.
Sentences 8 and 9: Explanation: Student commentary that justifies
previous sentence
Sentence 10: Closing/Transitional Sentence

Closing Paragraph
Sentence 1: Restate thesis statement in a different way
Sentences 2 and 3: Summary of what was persuaded; give a very brief
overview of what was presented in body paragraphs 1, 2 and 3
Sentences 4 and 5: Fixable?; provide a potential solution for this epidemic

Other paper need to knows:

A header in needed that includes the authors last name and page number in the
upper right hand corner.
The paper should be double-spaced throughout with no extra spaces between
sections or paragraphs. Hit the enter key only once at the end of each paragraph.
All sentences identified in the above outline are expected. One space between
sentences in standard and expected.
The entire paper needs to be in the same type and size of font. Times New
Roman or Arial 12pt work best.
The essay should be left aligned, not justified.
You need to make sure you provide a works cited page for al of the sources you
used.