Paragraph 1 - The Introduction
Period 2:
In order to save money, your principal is thinking about canceling all field trips for the remainder of the year. Write an essay persuading him or her to allow students to continue attending field trips. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
Field trips allow students to explore more areas of life and their education. Without this, students will be missing out on opportunities.
Reason 1: Students can learn more about the history of their area.
Reason 2: Students can gain valuable experience about careers.
Reason 3: Student attendance and involvement will increase if students get to experience new and interesting things.
Thesis Statement: Students should be allowed to go on field trips because they can learn about their history, gain experience in careers, and because student attendance and involvement will increase.
Field trips allow students to explore more areas of life and their education. Without this, students will be missing out on opportunities.
Reason 1: Students can learn more about the history of their area.
Reason 2: Students can gain valuable experience about careers.
Reason 3: Student attendance and involvement will increase if students get to experience new and interesting things.
Thesis Statement: Students should be allowed to go on field trips because they can learn about their history, gain experience in careers, and because student attendance and involvement will increase.
Period 5:
In order to save money, your principal is thinking about canceling all field trips for the remainder of the year. Write an essay persuading him or her to allow students to continue attending field trips. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
Students should be allowed to go on field trips because it gives them a chance to learn about things outside the classroom. (The first sentence tells why you should or should not do something in a very basic way.)
Reason 1: It allows students to learn about the environment.
Reason 2: It helps students to learn about the history of their town or home.
Reason 3: It gives students the opportunity to learn about careers.
The principal should continue to allow students to go on field trips because it helps them to learn about their environment, the history of their town, and possible career opportunities. (The thesis statement should tell what you think should or shouldn't happen at first, and then give a little bit of information about each of your reasons.)
Students should be allowed to go on field trips because it gives them a chance to learn about things outside the classroom. (The first sentence tells why you should or should not do something in a very basic way.)
Reason 1: It allows students to learn about the environment.
Reason 2: It helps students to learn about the history of their town or home.
Reason 3: It gives students the opportunity to learn about careers.
The principal should continue to allow students to go on field trips because it helps them to learn about their environment, the history of their town, and possible career opportunities. (The thesis statement should tell what you think should or shouldn't happen at first, and then give a little bit of information about each of your reasons.)
Period 6:
In order to save money, your principal is thinking about canceling all field trips for the remainder of the year. Write an essay persuading him or her to allow students to continue attending field trips. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
Your attention getter is where you make a statement about the argument you're making and make the reader think about what you're going to talk about.
Attention getter: If students are not allowed to go on field trips, they won’t get to experience new things outside of school.
Reason 1: It could be used to reward the well-behaved students.
Reason 2: Students can gain valuable experience about careers.
Reason 3: Students can learn about their history.
Your thesis statement is your reason or what you think is true/should or should not happen, and your three main reasons.
Thesis Statement: Students should be allowed to continue going on field trips because it rewards well-behaved students, teaches students about careers, and teaches students about history.
Your attention getter is where you make a statement about the argument you're making and make the reader think about what you're going to talk about.
Attention getter: If students are not allowed to go on field trips, they won’t get to experience new things outside of school.
Reason 1: It could be used to reward the well-behaved students.
Reason 2: Students can gain valuable experience about careers.
Reason 3: Students can learn about their history.
Your thesis statement is your reason or what you think is true/should or should not happen, and your three main reasons.
Thesis Statement: Students should be allowed to continue going on field trips because it rewards well-behaved students, teaches students about careers, and teaches students about history.