CONTEXT

Identifies: author;
kind of text; title of
text; provides a
short summary or
background info /
Situates your
audience in the
action. Leads in to
your claim.

CLAIM
Write the topic
sentence for this
body paragraph
(what is this
paragraph going to
be about? What is it
going to prove?
What is your
interpretation of ...
?)

EVIDENCE
Support your claim
in the above box by
providing at least 1
example (quote).
These examples
should prove your
claim.

EXPLANATION
Explain the
evidence. How does
the evidence prove
your claim? In other
words, how is your
evidence an
example of ? Be
detailed in your
explanation; pick
apart your evidence
piece by piece to
explain it. What
does it mean?

CONCLUSION
Finally, conclude
your paragraph by
restating your claim

and telling your

audience why this
information matters
by making
real-world
connections. In
other words, what
can we learn from
this?