Five-Paragraph Expository Essay Model

Essay Title
Paragraph 1: The Introduction
Topic Sentence (Main Idea for your paper
Exa!ple Sentence "1 (Su#topic
Exa!ple Sentence "$ (Su#topic
Exa!ple Sentence "% (Su#topic
&oncluding Sentence that repeats the Main Idea
Paragraph $: Exa!ple "1
Topic Sentence Exa!ple "1 (fro! the Introduction
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Sentence
&oncluding Sentence that repeats Exa!ple "1
Paragraph %: Exa!ple Paragraph "$
Topic Sentence Exa!ple " $ (fro! the Introduction
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&oncluding Sentence that repeats Exa!ple "$
Paragraph ': Exa!ple Paragraph "%
Topic Sentence Exa!ple "% (fro! the Introduction
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Paragraph (: &onclusion
Topic Sentence (Main Idea for your paper
Exa!ple Sentence "1 (Su#topic
Exa!ple Sentence "$ (Su#topic
Exa!ple Sentence "% (Su#topic
&oncluding Sentence that repeats the Main Idea
Remember that after you have your ideas down in this format, you can make your
writing stronger by combining sentences, varying sentence structure, and using a
thesaurus to locate powerful words.
My )og* +o!eo
My dog* +o!eo* is the #est pet anyone could
have, -e is #eautiful and easy to care
for,Playing .ith hi! is lots of fun, -e al.ays
ta/es care of !e, There isn0t a #etter pet
any.here,
+o!eo is a #eautiful tricolor Sheltie, -e is
!ostly #lac/ .ith .hite and a #it of #ro.n,
&aring for hi! is easy #ecause I si!ply have
to !a/e sure he has fresh .ater and food
every day, I exercise hi! #y thro.ing his
toys, +o!eo is a good pet #ecause he is nice
loo/ing and doesn0t re1uire !uch care,
+o!eo is lots of fun to play .ith, -e loves to
play catch, -e follo.s !e around the house
.ith a toy and drops it on !y foot so I .ill
/ic/ it, -e can catch 2ust a#out anything* #ut
his favorite is chasing a Fris#ee, I really have
fun playing .ith +o!eo,
+o!eo ta/es care of !e, -e al.ays follo.s
!e .hen I leave a roo!, 3hen I a! sitting
on the couch he plops do.n right #eside !e,
3hen .e are outside in the .oods he al.ays
!a/es sure that I /eep up .ith the rest of the
fa!ily, -e al.ays .atches out for !e,
4s you can see* +o!eo is a great pet, I a!
proud of hi! and he doesn0t re1uire !uch
care, Playing .ith hi! is al.ays en2oya#le, -e
.atches over !e and /eeps !e safe, +o!eo
is a#solutely the #est pet anyone could even
have5
Written collaboratively with 4th grade students about Mrs. Barnard's
dog, Romeo.