Question

You have been asked to write an informative article on the importance of healthy eating for an elementary school newspaper. In a paragraph of five to seven complete sentences describe how you would present to your target audience the information you find during your research.

How could I start this out? I know multiple things to put in the essay, I just don't know how I would start off.

Answer 1

You can start with a question, an interesting fact, or a description of an event.
NEVER start with "My essay is about" or "I will be talking about." If you do, your audience will throw tomatoes at you (no pun intended). I'm telling you.
Interesting facts can perk up the audience's attention to the essay (or paragraph).

Now, for your body.
STAY ON TOPIC! If you go from talking about the importance of eating healthy foods to how to party or even what your favorite foods are, that pretty much deflates this rule and --- more tomatoes.

Don't forget to give 3 - 5 facts about why. You should state them in order using transitional words, such as first, second, and third. Or "to start off with", "next", "then you have", and "lastly". These are pretty basic to keep everyone on track.

BACK UP YOUR OPINIONS WITH FACTS! This is a persuasive paragraph, so you need to make people agree with you.
Bad paragraph:
"First, it is important to eat healthy. Second," and at that point --- tomatoes. Facts back up your opinion to prove it correct, and you might even see someone throw away their popcorn listening to you.

Lastly is the conclusion --- well, just toss the intro there and change it up. Or, you can make a new one that is catchy.
Ex:
"So, eating healthy foods (include words from previous sentences), and that is worth more than perking your taste buds to sweets."

Now you're ready. Don't stare at that blank paper nervously. Using these common rules, you will persuade the audience to stop throwing tomatoes at you and stuff that healthy veggie into their mouth.
-TinyLittleHelper