Students' Giving Instructions Essays Models

This first section is thorough because Giving Instructions essays are often the first organized essays that students in composition classes write. Each essay below contains a clear topic sentence with a topic and controlling statement. Beginning writers should use these models to guide their own use of topic sentences in their own Giving Instructions essays.
A Word of Advice
A Message to the Newcomers (Topic and controlling statement are clearly marked.)
You Have Made It

If you are a teacher, ask your students to read these three essays to note their similar organization and then complete THIS WORKSHEET (PDF file) about ONE of the essays which they can later discuss in groups.

The Giving Instructions essays below are all written by former students both in the US and Mexico and included here with the permission of those who wrote them. For that, I give my hearty thanks and appreciation.

How to Nose Balance Almost Anything
How to Make the Right Career Decision
How to Be a Good Traveler
How to Be a Good Citizen
How to Be a Good 100 Meters Swimmer
How to Tune Drums
What Can I Do? My Dog is so Blind that He Can't Even See in His Dreams
How to Dye Your Hair
How to Make Piña Coladas
How to Choose the Best Laptop Computer
How to Get a Hundred in Chemistry
How to Repair Your Bicycle's Flat Tire
How to Organize Your Bedroom

The common denominator to all these essays is good organization. When writers state the organization of their essays as clearly as these students did in these essays, the essay is both easier for the writers to write and for the readers to read. In addition, readers can readily see that these writers have something specific to say.

Finally, the free WordWeb dictionary is an excellent tool for anyone, both native and non-native speakers of English, so I have included my own five-paragraph essay below.

How to Download and Install the Free WordWeb Dictionary

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