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Essay Planning Guide
📝 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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