Introduction

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· Thesis: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Teacher Initials:

Body Paragraph I

· Topic Sentence (What is the first point that your essay is discussing?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Text Evidence (quote #1 from source #1) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Commentary (2-3 sentences) (Interpret the meaning of your quote and connect it to this paragraph’s main idea) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Text Evidence (quote #2 from source #1) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Commentary (2-3 sentences)

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· Concluding Sentence

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Body Paragraph 2

· Topic Sentence (What is the second point that your essay is discussing?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Text Evidence (quote #1 from source #2) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Commentary (2-3 sentences) (Interpret the meaning of your quote and connect it to this paragraph’s main idea) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Text Evidence (quote #2 from source #2) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Commentary (2-3 sentences)

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· Concluding Sentence

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Body Paragraph 3 (If needed to meet length requirement)

· Topic Sentence (What is the third point that your essay is discussing?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Text Evidence (quote #1 from source #3) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Commentary (2-3 sentences) (Interpret the meaning of your quote and connect it to this paragraph’s main idea) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Text Evidence (quote #2 from source #3) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

· Commentary (2-3 sentences)

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· Concluding Sentence

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Conclusion (Recap one important aspect from each paragraph) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________