Help students write five-paragraph essays with a graphic organizer. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by typing in the highlighted fields before printing. Use for standard essay types including narrative, descriptive, and persuasive. This sheet can be printed for students, or provided electronically for them to fill in.
Five-Paragraph Essay
Excerpted from
Graphic Organizers, Grades 4-8
This book is filled with graphic organizers to help students access prior knowledge, organize thoughts and ideas, brainstorm new topics, sequence events, compare and contrast, and visualize relationships.
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