Introduction (6-8 sentences)

Lead-in (attention getter)

“We never know how close we are… Never give up on your dreams”.

Build up to thesis statement

Thesis statement (main idea of the essay+essay map: main argument + the three points you’re going to discuss)

I have never told to anybody about my life, and I do not how to begin to explain about my life, but there are some things that show who I am. They are my family and I think it is the most important that a person has in her/his life, also I want to talk about my life experiences that many of them are about family and my interests that I think each person has different interests and them make interesting people.

Body Paragraph 1 (8-12 sentences)

Topic sentence 1 (main idea of the paragraph)

I am grateful for the family that God gave. I am always going to prefer to spend time with my family that with friends. I want to explain also about my mother and my relationship with her. She is my role model and our relationship is very good.

Supporting details (2-3 examples to support your topic sentence)

• My mother was widowed since I was three years old.
• She gives me her support to came to United States.
• On April I had an accident and she did not get angry.

Concluding sentence (wraps up paragraph and ties everything together)

For everything that I already mentioned I think I have the best mother and father in the whole world and I have the best parents in the same person. I really love her.

Body Paragraph 2 (8-12 sentences)

Topic sentence 2

Sometimes I think I have been in many situations for being nineteen years old.

Supporting details

• When I was three years old my father died.
• My favorite cousin died almost two years ago.
• I live by myself

Concluding sentence

Many things have changed and God always has a purpose in each situation that he gives you to make you a stronger person.

Body Paragraph 3 (8-12 sentences)

Topic sentence 3

I am an ordinary teenager who love soccer, cooking, math, business, music, work, helping people, chips, tacos, spicy food, and definitely I love spending time with family and friends.

Supporting details

• I love to help people and I always try to do my best to help them.
• I was in a soccer team.
• I work since I was fifteen years old.

Concluding sentence

I think every person is different , each one thinks different and is talented in something different, so whatever you do, do your best and always do it for you no for someone else.

Conclusion (6-8 sentences)

Paraphrase thesis statement

Paraphrase topic sentences

Final thoughts (what do you want the reader to do/remember?)