Stage 3: Internet search literacy:
THE 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAY

The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate your ability to find AUTHORITATIVE AND CREDITABLE evidence online that can be used to support your point of view in your writing and research. It is also to demonstrate your ability to cite that evidence using a proper bibliography format.
Your essay will:
1.	Utilize the information and sources from your Controversial Topic Preparation Sheets.
2.	You will make the line spacing at 1.5 and you will make the first lines of the paragraph with a ½ inch indent
3.	At the end of your paper, you will provide a formal bibliography. It will include at least FOUR sources that you referred to in your paper.
4.	Your 5 paragraphs will follow the following structure:

Paragraph 1	Introduction:
Explain what and why your topic is controversial.
[Do not say because some agree and some do not!]	
Paragraph 2	Give a CREDITABLE example of both a Pro and a Con view about your topic. 	
Paragraph 3	Explain your personal view of the topic, using one authoritative source from the Internet to support this view.	
Paragraph 4	Continue explaining your personal view of the topic, using ONE MORE authoritative source from the Internet to support this view	
Paragraph 5	Provide a clear conclusion to your paper.