Easy Way to Write an A+ Essay

Why Students Struggle With Essays
As an English tutor, one of the main concerns of my students was writing their high school and college essays. Even though they may have had some ideas of what they wanted to say, they worried about getting it down on paper in a way that made sense and would make their English teacher happy. Although essays do not have to stick with this simple formula outlined in this article, this is a good basic way to write an essay and is especially helpful to new or struggling English students.

An Easy Method Explained
My teacher asked each of us to lay our hand on a piece of paper and tracing a line around it. Then we were to go back and think of the thumb as the introduction to our essay. On it we wrote, "Introduction." This is where we decided what our essay would be about. Let's say for the sake of this article, we are going to write about why poodles make good pets for senior citizens. Jot that down on the thumb, "Poodles make good pets for senior citizens..." Then on each of the three middle fingers, we list reasons why poodles make good pets for seniors.

On the index finger, we might say, "Easily trained." On the second finger, we might say, "Love attention." On the third finger, we might say, "Good companion." Our little finger or pinkie is going to be our "conclusion." A conclusion is where you re-cap all the points you have made in your essay. Now you have the outline for your basic five paragraph essay.