Introduction: Remember the basic intro format that always works:

a. Important quote that ties to the thesis statement, or, anecdote

- “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what
it was like to be young” - J.K. Rowling
- “The heads of strong old age are beautiful/ Beyond all grace of youth” -Robinson Jeffers
- “Age is just a number. Maturity is a choice” -Harry Styles
- “Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of not knowing” -Mark
Z Danilewski

b. Explain quote in your own words

1. People often forget the gracious way of being young.
2. Maturity and wisdom is greater than ignorance and youth.

c. What is your thesis (basically, how you’ve changed since the photo - in one sentence).
- I have grown and matured throughout the years due to obstacles I have faced in my life.

d. Main ideas
- Maturity and wisdom is strength
- It is nice to reflect upon childish innocence with the maturity that you have. When you
are younger you have a different view of the world you once lived.
- Age does not equal maturity, maturity comes through obstacles

e. Transition statement (tell readers briefly what your first main idea paragraph is about)
- I was so different in the way I viewed the world when I was younger.

Pre photo / photo discussion with details: (2-3 paragraphs discussing your life and who you
were prior to the photo and in the photo.

Main paragraph one: Who was I then?

- I was innocent and immature to the world.
Main paragraph two: What were my priorities?
- My priorities were simplistic things, sometimes I wish my priorities were like that today.
Main paragraph three: What did I believe, hope for, think to be true?
- I had no idea what I believed what was right and wrong. Most of my views were based
on others people’s beliefs, basically everything that my brother and parents believed, I
thought was right.
After photo discussion with details: (2-3 paragraphs discussing your life and who you are now
since the photo was taken).

Main paragraph four: How I’ve changed.

- I have matured through circumstances and hardships.
Main paragraph five: What are my priorities now?
- My priorities are deepers; college, family, friendships and growth
Main paragraph six: What do I believe now about myself, about life, about others?
- I believe in certain things now, based on things I have found myself, not just from family.