1. Growing Up Essay

2. Introduction Introduce the Topic - Talk about growing up.
Question – What does it mean to grow up/to be grown up?
Thesis Statement – Growing up means ___________, ____________, and _________________.

3. Thesis
Growing up means learning to look at past experiences with new perspectives, learning to live independently, but doesn’t mean that you always act your age.
Growing up not only means learning to look at past experiences with new perspectives, learning to live independently, but also learning to realize that you don’t always act your age.

4. Point
Create a topic sentence with the main idea of the paragraph
Introduce Evidence
Tell us what story/poem you are going to discuss in this paragraph
Evidence
written textual references or supporting ideas
Explain
Provide relevant details so ideas are clear and well-explained

5. Point
Growing older doesn’t mean that you will always act your age.
Introduce Evidence
Evidence
Explain

6. Point
Growing older doesn’t mean that you will always act your age.
Introduce Evidence
In the short story, Eleven, by Sandra Cisneros, the main character Rachel explains that even when you turn Eleven you still feel and act like you’re younger.
Evidence
Explain

7. Point
Growing older doesn’t mean that you will always act your age.
Introduce Evidence
In the short story, Eleven, by Sandra Cisneros, the main character Rachel explains that even when you turn Eleven you still feel and act like you’re younger.
Evidence
Rachel says that each year fits inside the other like a nesting doll. She acts like she is three on her eleventh birthday because she cries in front of everyone.
Explain

8. Point
Growing older doesn’t mean that you will always act your age.
Introduce Evidence
In the short story, Eleven, by Sandra Cisneros, the main character Rachel explains that even when you turn Eleven you still feel and act like you’re younger.
Evidence
Rachel says that each year fits inside the other like a nesting doll. She acts like she is three on her eleventh birthday because she cries in front of everyone.
Explain
Even though Rachel has turned 11, she sometimes feels and acts like she is 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,1.

9. Conclusion
Restate the thesis in other words. – What we learned about growing up is that growing up means _________________.
Explain why this topic is important – This topic is important because ___________________.
Explain what lesson people should take from your essay. – By studying what it means to grow up, we can learn ________________________.