1. Directions: Outline a 5 paragraph essay for the following topics. You will write an essay for one of the topics on Friday.

2. The staff at your school is reviewing student rules and regulations, and they may make some changes. They have asked you to write about any rules or regulations that you would like to change. I.Introduction: I.Hook II.Thesis II.Body Paragraph One Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail III.Body Paragraph Two Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail IV.Body Paragraph Three Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail V.Conclusion I.Thesis II.Hook/Closure

3. A proverb from Puerto Rico says, "There is a great distance between said and done." Write about a time you promised you would do something but had a difficult time following through on it. I.Introduction: I.Hook II.Thesis II.Body Paragraph One Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail III.Body Paragraph Two Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail IV.Body Paragraph Three Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail V.Conclusion I.Thesis II.Hook/Closure

4. Now write an essay about an experience that changed your view of the world. Give reasons why this experience changed your perspective or views. Support your reasons with specific examples. Be sure to describe this experience clearly so that your reader will understand. I.Introduction: I.Hook II.Thesis II.Body Paragraph One Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail III.Body Paragraph Two Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail IV.Body Paragraph Three Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail V.Conclusion I.Thesis II.Hook/Closure

5. Your science teacher is contributing some data to a science magazine. The article concerns the fact that American teenagers need more sleep than they usually get. You have been assigned to write about a time you did not get enough sleep. I.Introduction: I.Hook II.Thesis II.Body Paragraph One Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail III.Body Paragraph Two Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail IV.Body Paragraph Three Topic: I.Detail II.Detail III.Detail V.Conclusion I.Thesis II.Hook/Closure

6.  Choose a topic that you outlined this week and write a full essay. Remember that you will be graded by your peers for content, style, and sentence formation. Finally Friday!!