Name: _____________________________
This gives you room for 2 reasons. If you need more, use the back of the last page or your own paper.
Find your thesis:  What is the issue, and what do you want to be done about it or why is it so important? Write that out in one sentence. That should go at the end of your first paragraph.    

	
Develop your body paragraphs	
Reason:  Write down one reason you think we should do this, or one main point that shows why it’s important:

Evidence (copy out a quote, fact, or statistic from your research, or give an example from an interview/discussion with someone. Make sure to attribute source with a clear signal phrase [WR pp 382+):

Discussion:  What does that evidence or example show about how we need to take care of this issue or why it’s so important?
	
Reason:  Write down one reason you think we should do this, or one main point that shows why it’s important:

Evidence (copy out a quote, fact, or statistic from your research, or give an example from an interview/discussion with someone.  Make sure to attribute source with a clear signal phrase [WR pp 382+):

Discussion:  What does that evidence or example show about how we need to take care of this issue or why it’s so important?

	
Conclusion:  Overall, why is this so important, how will it make our community better, and what can we do to help this happen?