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he Five-Paragraph Paper

In this first session you will write a 5-paragraph paper in which you identify three goals for your educational career at Colorado Christian University, explain those goals, and describe how you plan to achieve them. The purpose of this paper is for you to demonstrate your ability to craft a simple 5-paragraph paper before we move on to more advanced types of writing in this course.

Recall, a five paragraph paper needs to contain the following:

Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
Write a strong thesis that you can support. Highlight your thesis statement.
Introductions (openings) and conclusions frame an essay and contribute to the unity of the whole.
The introduction sets up the topic and the main idea (thesis). The introduction does two things: it hooks the readers interest and points to the direction and scope the essay will take.
It prepares the reader for what he or she is about to read. The conclusion reaffirms (restates using different words) the thesis and rounds out the ideas. The conclusion brings the essay to a satisfying close for the reader.
3 Supporting Paragraphs
Topic sentences to introduce your reader to the paragraph.
Concluding sentence that transition your reader to the next paragraph.
The main body of the paper consists of the supporting paragraphs.  Supporting paragraphs expand ideas that were presented in the introduction and substantiate or support the thesis statement.
Format your paper according to APA standards. You must include at least one additional source in your paper that supports your thesis and supporting point. Your paper should be 2-3 pages long, double-spaced,  and include a cover sheet and reference page that is not a part of the 2-3 page count.