PEE 5 Paragraph Persuasive Essay Structure: Point, Evidence, Explanation

Teach your students a structured approach to essay writing using the terminology PEE: point, evidence, explanation. As silly as it sounds, its a great mnemonic: remind your students to PEE all over their essays!

This package includes a useful, colour-coded single page handout for students to learn essay structure: hook, transition, thesis, topic sentence, evidence, explanation, concluding sentence. This handout also includes the triangle structure for the introduction and conclusion (moving from general to specific in the introduction and from specific to general in the conclusion).

There is a sample persuasive essay about children getting an allowance. The complete essay is included along with a cut and paste activity where students have to decide where the five missing sentences would fit.

Finally, there are colour-coded graphic organizers to help your students stay on task when writing their own 5 paragraph persuasive essays.

Grades to Use With:

This assignment works well for students in grades 5-9 or high school special education classrooms.

Standards:

CCSSW.5.1

Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

CCSSW.5.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

CCSSCCRA.W.1

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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9 Page PDF

Title Page

Essay Structure Handout

3 page Cut and Paste Activity

Sample Essay

3 page Graphic Organizers