introduction (6-8) sentences lead in (attention getter) when it comes to talk about my life, people get shock because its not really what they expect to hear. build up thesis statement thesis statement what I think I live for, its for my hobbies, for my work and for my family body paragraph (8-12 sentences) topic sentence 1 (main idea of the paragraph) what takes the fun part of my live its my hobbies. supporting detail conclusion sentence Body paragraph 2 (8-12 sentences) topic sentence 2 working its not as hard but I like to work hard. supporting details conclusion sentence Body paragraph 3 (8-12 sentences) topic sentence 3 everything I all ways do and care for its for my family. supporting details conclusion sentence conclusion (6-8 sentences) paraphrase thesis statement paraphrase three topic sentence final thoughts (what do you want the reader to do/ remember