Making an Outline for an Informative Report   Informative Essay Topic: One Guided Question:   Introduction Paragraph Interesting/engaging hook for reader Some information that will convince reader you have something to teach them Thesis statement Body Paragraph #1 – likely background information about the issue Topic sentence that gives reader a sense of paragraph focus Developing that idea – explaining or elaborating on information Quote or paraphrase (don’t forget signal phrases!) Some effort on your part to show why this Q/P is meaningful or relevant Optional: transition to another quote or paraphrase or discuss more Second Q/P Discussion Conclusive statement that closes paragraph – this should give reader a sense of why the info/focus of this paragraph matters Body Paragraph #2 More Background Info or SHIFT to statistics/story/current events paragraph Topic sentence that gives reader a sense of paragraph focus Developing that idea with sources Body Paragraph #3 (Depending on what you’ve learned) Statistics/Story/Context Etc