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Essay Planning Guide

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Essay Planning Guide

Student planning an essay with notes and outline

📝 Part 1: Essay Structure Planning

1. What is your essay topic?
2. Who is your target audience?

Teacher/classmates

General public

Younger students

Other: _______________

3. What is your main argument or thesis statement?

🏗️ Part 2: Paragraph Planning

4. Introduction: Write your hook sentence to grab the reader's attention.
5. Description Section: List 3 key details you will describe about your topic.

• Detail 1: _________________________________

• Detail 2: _________________________________

• Detail 3: _________________________________

6. Explanation Section: What are 2 reasons that support your main argument?
7. Conclusion: How will you restate your main point in a new way?

✅ Part 3: Success Criteria Check

8. Tick the sentence types you plan to include in your essay:

Simple sentences (one main idea)

Compound sentences (two ideas joined with 'and', 'but', 'so')

Complex sentences (main idea + supporting detail with 'because', 'although', 'when')

9. Final check - does your plan include:

Clear introduction with thesis statement

Detailed description section

Strong explanation with reasons

Conclusion that restates main point

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