Plan, draft, revise, peer-edit, and publish a 5-paragraph essay with in-text citations and works-cited list
Exercise
Difficulty 1
~9 min
eng.g5.f.ex_01
Essay Question Inventory Build
Prompt
Open to a fresh 2-page spread in your writer's notebook. List 5 essay questions you want to defend a position on. For each: QUESTION + POSITION-YOU-WOULD-DEFEND + 2-3 candidate REASONS.
M-5-F-EX-01
Illustration
Reference image of a Grade-5 essay-question inventory showing 5 sample entries with QUESTION / POSITION / 3 REASONS lines filled. Print-ready 8.5x11.
How it's presented
mode
handwriting
paper
notebook spread
Answer criteria
type
rubric
criteria
5 questions listedEach has a defendable POSITIONEach has 2-3 candidate REASONSReasons are distinct
Hints
- Open-ended (HOW/WHY/SHOULD/IS/DOES). Avoid pure fact-questions.
- If you cannot name 2-3 distinct reasons, the question is not yet essay-ready.
Misconceptions to watch
- Lists fact-questions ('When was the Civil War?').
- Lists positions with only one reason.
Used in lessons