Hamburger paragraph organizer
This is a quick and easy way for students to write and organize a paragraph. Be sure to use transition words for the details like:
First, Next, Last, as well as a concluding sentence transition like Clearly, or As you can see, |
5 paragraph essay organizer
Once you have a Hamburger paragraph you can transfer the information easily into this organizer.
*The top bun goes in the Introduction/Topic sentence spot.
*Then, the tomatoes sentence goes in box #1.
*Lettuce goes in box #2.
*Meat patty goes into box #3.
*The bottom bun is the concluding sentence.
All that is left is to go back to the boxes in the middle and add supporting details for each of the numbered boxes.
At the bottom of the organizer you will see the order in which the items are copied onto lined paper leaving students with a nicely written 5 paragraph essay.
5 paragraph essay directions:
Introduction paragraph: Intro sentence, #1,#2,#3
Paragraph 2: #1-->1a--->1b-->1c
Paragraph 3: #2-->2a--->2b-->2c
Paragraph 4: #1-->4a--->4b-->3c
Paragraph 5 = Conclusion---> #1---> #2---> #3
*The top bun goes in the Introduction/Topic sentence spot.
*Then, the tomatoes sentence goes in box #1.
*Lettuce goes in box #2.
*Meat patty goes into box #3.
*The bottom bun is the concluding sentence.
All that is left is to go back to the boxes in the middle and add supporting details for each of the numbered boxes.
At the bottom of the organizer you will see the order in which the items are copied onto lined paper leaving students with a nicely written 5 paragraph essay.
5 paragraph essay directions:
Introduction paragraph: Intro sentence, #1,#2,#3
Paragraph 2: #1-->1a--->1b-->1c
Paragraph 3: #2-->2a--->2b-->2c
Paragraph 4: #1-->4a--->4b-->3c
Paragraph 5 = Conclusion---> #1---> #2---> #3