How to Structure an Essay

Contributor: Elephango Editors. Lesson ID: 10034

How are life and essays alike? They both need organization! Learn what an introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs look like while brainstorming ideas for a how-to essay.

categories

Writing

subject
English / Language Arts
learning style
Visual
personality style
Lion, Beaver
Grade Level
Middle School (6-8)
Lesson Type
Quick Query

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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Someone gives you a cookie jar, enough large rocks to fill it, a glass of pebbles, sand, and a pitcher of water.

  • Is it possible to fit all the items into the cookie jar?

Watch the video below to find out.

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Knowing the order of a task makes finishing the task easier.

  • What if the order of filling the jar were reversed?
  • How many attempts did it take?
  • How would you teach the order of the task to another person?

When organizing an essay, you need to know what and how you want to communicate before you begin to write.

Organization means the logical progression and completeness of ideas in a text.

Watch the following video.

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  • How did that video relate to the video about the jar?

Just like filling the jar had to be done a certain way, there is a correctly organized approach to writing an essay.

  1. Start with your main idea
  2. Add your supporting information
  3. Sprinkle in details and quotations!

Keep it going in the Got It? section.

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