C. D. Another E. F. IV. A. PARAPHRASE of THESIS B. COMPLETED ESSAY TOPIC QUESTION: Why are seventh grade students so crazy? INTRODUCTION: [HOOK]Every single time someone finds out that I teach seventh grade, they cry out, “Oh no! You poor man!” I understand. [TRANSITION] Seventh graders are out of their minds. [THESIS]Two possible theories for what causes seventh graders to be completely insane is that they are getting used to being in a new school and weird transformations are occurring in their brains. BODY PARAGRAPH #1: [BODY PARAGRAPH #1 TOPIC SENTENCE]Adjusting to middle school can be quite difficult for seventh graders. [CONCRETE DETAIL #1 FROM SOURCE]“They are required to be much more organized than when they were in elementary school,” as Springfield school principal, Seymour Skinner on page five of the January 2015 issue of Fake Educational Weekly said (Skinner 2015). [COMMENTARY #1]For example, seventh graders must learn how to move to different classes. As a result, they never seem to know where they are going, causing them to appear very crazy. [CONCRETE DETAIL #2 FROM SOURCE] On his most recent episode of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” chef Guy Fieri observed, “They also struggle with the difficult skill of locker organization” (Fieri 2016). [COMMENTARY #2] They used to have their elementary school teacher tell them what materials to take out. Now,they must remember on their own what is needed for each class. This causes them either to carry everything with them all the time, or just keep stuffing everything into their lockers until the
C. D. Another E. F. IV. A. PARAPHRASE of THESIS B. COMPLETED ESSAY TOPIC QUESTION: Why are seventh grade students so crazy? INTRODUCTION: [HOOK]Every single time someone finds out that I teach seventh grade, they cry out, “Oh no! You poor man!” I understand. [TRANSITION] Seventh graders are out of their minds. [THESIS]Two possible theories for what causes seventh graders to be completely insane is that they are getting used to being in a new school and weird transformations are occurring in their brains. BODY PARAGRAPH #1: [BODY PARAGRAPH #1 TOPIC SENTENCE]Adjusting to middle school can be quite difficult for seventh graders. [CONCRETE DETAIL #1 FROM SOURCE]“They are required to be much more organized than when they were in elementary school,” as Springfield school principal, Seymour Skinner on page five of the January 2015 issue of Fake Educational Weekly said (Skinner 2015). [COMMENTARY #1]For example, seventh graders must learn how to move to different classes. As a result, they never seem to know where they are going, causing them to appear very crazy. [CONCRETE DETAIL #2 FROM SOURCE] On his most recent episode of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” chef Guy Fieri observed, “They also struggle with the difficult skill of locker organization” (Fieri 2016). [COMMENTARY #2] They used to have their elementary school teacher tell them what materials to take out. Now,they must remember on their own what is needed for each class. This causes them either to carry everything with them all the time, or just keep stuffing everything into their lockers until the
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