The Forum · Grade 5-6
The four essay frameworks used this term, each with a worked example, sentence starters, and a tailored checklist — your reference for Week 7 and Week 15.
Opinion: I think students should not have homework on weekends.
Reason: Weekends are the only real break from the busy school week.
Example: My friend felt tired every Monday because she did homework all weekend instead of resting.
Opinion (again): That's why weekends should stay homework-free.
Starters you can try: "I think..." / "In my opinion..." · "The reason is..." / "This is because..." · "For example..." / "One time, this happened:..."
Point: Robots should go first into dangerous places.
Evidence: Robots can be rebuilt, but a person's life cannot.
Explain: This means a company risks money, not a person's safety.
Link: That's why sending a robot first is the safer choice.
PEEL's biggest trap: giving evidence, then jumping straight to the link, with no Explain step in between.
Claim: Cities should build more bike lanes.
Evidence: Cities with more bike lanes have less traffic and cleaner air.
Reasoning: This happens because fewer people need to drive cars to get around.
CER's biggest trap: Reasoning that just repeats the Evidence instead of explaining why the evidence proves the Claim.
Point: Vaccines have helped people the most.
Reason: because they stop diseases before people ever get sick.
Example: smallpox used to kill millions of people every year, and the vaccine ended it.
Point (again): that's why vaccines are the most important invention.
Rebuttal: Some might say surgery has helped more people directly — but surgery treats one person at a time, while a vaccine protects everyone before they get sick.