Basic paper outline (MLA format, PDF) to help students structure their 5-paragraph essays. I use this outline to help my 6th-10th grade students structure their papers. It requires an introduction with a thesis statement, three body paragraphs (with 2 pieces of text evidence in each paragraph) with transitions, and a conclusion.It can be reproduced for a variety of writing tasks, but is best geared for writing essays that require text evidence from books, poems, or other literature sources.This