Paragraph Structure Resources

Paragraphs That POP!

If young writers can learn how to write a solid paragraph, then they have the building blocks of an essay. In this lesson, students will study paragraph structure and practise organizing ideas into paragraphs.

Year 5

Lesson plan

Write Your Essay

Worksheet

Write Your Essay

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

The Best Food

Worksheet

The Best Food

Second graders love food! Help your young writer share their opinion about the best kind of food using this helpful paragraph organizer. Fair warning, this activity might make you hungry!

Year 3

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Here’s What I Think!

Lesson plan

Here’s What I Think!

Second graders love field trips and sharing their opinions! This fun lesson combines both, as students must convince their teacher to take them on a field trip by practising their opinion writing and using paragraph structure.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

A New Paragraph Narrative

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A New Paragraph Narrative

Do your students know when to start new paragraphs within a narrative text? Give them a little practise organizing a narrative piece of writing with this worksheet!

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Map Your Essay

Worksheet

Map Your Essay

This graphic organizer will help your students map out their essay.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Paragraph Puzzle 1

Worksheet

Paragraph Puzzle 1

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

Lesson plan

Calling All Nonfiction Writers!

The hardest part of writing an essay can be the first few steps. This lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will help students map out their ideas and practise crafting paragraphs. With this support, your writers will be off and running!

Year 5

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Let's practise! How to Write a Paragraph

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Let's practise! How to Write a Paragraph

After reviewing the different parts of a paragraph, your fourth graders will choose a topic and outline their own paragraph!

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sequence Matters!

Worksheet

Sequence Matters!

Assess your students’ use of sequencing and paragraph structure in their writing.

Year 6

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Studying Paragraphs

Worksheet

Studying Paragraphs

Students will use an excerpt from the book The Secret Agent Training Manual: How to Make and Break Top Secret Messages by Elizabeth Singer Hunt to study paragraph structure.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Paragraph Puzzle 2

Worksheet

Paragraph Puzzle 2

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Year 5

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Getting Ready for the Day: Paragraph Writing

Worksheet

Getting Ready for the Day: Paragraph Writing

Your students will be ready to write with this paragraph writing worksheet!

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Indentation Intentions

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Indentation Intentions

What is the intention of an indentation within a paragraph? Within this lesson, students will explore the reasons why we indent. They’ll categorize and classify content to construct paragraphs that include indentations.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Field Trip Opinion

Worksheet

Field Trip Opinion

Second graders love field trips! Help them share their opinion about the best field trip location while using this handy paragraph organizer.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Worksheet

The Best Vacation

Worksheet

The Best Vacation

Who doesn't love dreaming about their ideal vacation? Help your young writers share their opinion of the best place to vacation while using this handy paragraph organizer.

Year 3

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sentence Grouping

Worksheet

Sentence Grouping

With this worksheet your students will practise grouping sentences that form a cohesive paragraph.

Year 4

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing Prompt: Change

Worksheet