Multiple-Paragraph Outline — Drafting the 5-Paragraph Essay

Children share one strong evidence bullet from their planner. Teacher names which CREEL band it will fill.

• Affirm specific evidence
• Name the CREEL band placement
• Use Tier-2 Set 9 words

Today you convert your boxes-and-bullets planner into a Hochman MULTIPLE-PARAGRAPH OUTLINE (MPO). The MPO is a 5-row template: row 1 = INTRO (hook + context + thesis); rows 2-4 = BODY 1, BODY 2, BODY 3, each with claim-reason + 1-2 evidence + 1 elaboration + 1 link; row 5 = CONCLUSION (link-back + so-what). The MPO is the bridge between PLAN and DRAFT. From the MPO, you write each paragraph in order. Most G4 writers can produce a full 5-paragraph essay in one workshop block once the MPO is in front of them. Watch teacher convert the winter-recess planner into a full MPO and then draft paragraph 1 aloud.

• MPO rows match the 5 boxes on MG-2. The MPO is your script.

  model MPO Row 1 (Intro): HOOK = AAP fact (60 min/day); CONTEXT = our school cancels in winter; THESIS = should keep winter recess because focus, fresh air, morale. MPO Row 2 (Body 1 — focus): CLAIM-REASON = students focus better afterward; EVIDENCE = AAP 2018 study 12%; ELABORATION = oxygen + brain; LINK = for this reason. Row 3 (Body 2 — health) and Row 4 (Body 3 — morale) similar. Row 5 (Conclusion): LINK-BACK = three reasons combined; SO-WHAT = 20 min outdoor break is cheapest fix. Then teacher drafts the intro aloud filling in the MPO row 1.

  prompt Teacher converts boxes-and-bullets to MPO and drafts intro.

• What's the difference between SPO (one paragraph) and MPO (five paragraphs)?
• Which MPO row holds your strongest evidence?

M-4-F-WR-09-A Chart

11x17 anchor showing the 5-row MPO template: Row 1 INTRO (hook+context+thesis frame), Rows 2-4 BODY 1-3 (CREEL frame), Row 5 CONCLUSION (link-back+so-what frame). Each row color-matched to MG-2 boxes. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

MG-2 Chart Physical / non-image

Argument-essay 5-box anchor poster: five labeled boxes in a horizontal row — INTRODUCTION (blue, with hook+context+claim icon), BODY 1 (yellow, with claim-reason 1 icon), BODY 2 (orange, with claim-reason 2 icon), BODY 3 (red, with claim-reason 3 icon), CONCLUSION (green, with link-back+so-what icon). Below each box: a sentence-frame ('Have you ever ___? Every ___ deserves ___. I believe that ___ because ___, ___, and ___.' / 'First, ___ because ___.' / 'Second, ___.' / 'Third, ___.' / 'For these reasons, ___. So the next time you ___, remember ___.'). Print-ready 11x17, dyslexic-friendly font.

• Convert YOUR boxes-and-bullets planner into a 5-row MPO.

  scaffold MPO template at 1.5x; sentence frames per row; partner whisper
• Draft paragraph 1 (intro) from your MPO row 1.

  scaffold MG-2 anchor; hook card

M-4-F-WR-09-B Illustration

Reference image of a Grade-4 child's completed MPO on winter recess, handwritten in pencil, with each row filled in with the abbreviated phrases that will become full sentences in draft. Print-ready 8.5x11.

• Hold up your MPO. Partner names 5 rows.
• Move status-tile to DRAFT.

• Star your strongest row.
• Predict: lesson 10 brings 5 more Set-9 words.

• Draft paragraphs 2 and 3 (body 1 and body 2) from your MPO at home tonight. Bring tomorrow.