English- Park View High School

Mrs. Driggers

English- Park View High School

Name ______Date ______

Essay Scaffold

Instructions: Using the suggestions in the left column, write sentences that will form essay on the assigned topic.

Abbreviations used include: S=sentence

Introduction / Attention Getter:
“Hook the Reader”
Try a rhetorical ? exclamation!, an interesting fact, quotation, or a personal experience-
2 General Sent.
About the
Topic.
Thesis Statement =
Your position
about topic+
3 points you
will develop
First Body Paragraph / Transition to
First point or
Reason then— S.
Stating the point / (Transition word)
2 general sent.
That support point
and/ or
1-2 examples
Conclusion
about first point
Second Body Paragraph / Topic S. for
Second point / (Transition word)
2 general sent.
That support point
and/ or
1-2 examples
Conclusion
about 2nd point
Third Body Paragraph / Transition to
third point or
Reason then S.
Stating the point / (Transition word)
2 general sent.
That support point
and/ or
1-2 examples
Conclusion
about first point
Conclusion Paragraph / Remind the reader of the topic (a gen. sentence may do) / (Transition word)
Restate your position (may use synonyms)
Summarize the key ideas / (Conclusion Word)
Ask readers to think
More about the topic

Helpful Words:

Words that add information: / Words that show time: / Words that signal a difference/opposite: / Words that signal cause or effect:
One, first, first of all / Before, previously, then, / But, yet, instead, while, / Therefore
for one thing, to begin with / Soon, until, later, eventually / However, although, / As a result
Another / While, during, now, as / In contrast, as opposed to / Explanation
Second / Often, seldom / In spite of , rather than / Due to
Also / Difference, differently / Because of
Next / Words to signal an example: / On the other hand, / As a consequence
Moreover / For example , to illustrate / Even though / Consequently
Furthermore / Including, once / despite / Since, thus
Last, last of all, final, finally / For instance / unlike / Results in, lead to
Such as
Words that signal a conclusion: / Overall, in brief / As you can see
In conclusion / As a result / Due to / In summary
To sum up / altogether / Certainly, surely / In the end
For these reasons / indeed / consequently / In the final analysis

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