In week 2, you selected a topic of a current issue in the field of *Psychology* and submitted your proposal for your research paper.

TOPIC HERE:

Stress, Social Support and Adaptation in Immigrant Youth

Now that you have chosen your issue/topic, you will develop your 5-paragraph essay outline this week which you will use as you continue to develop your research paper. Again, this outline will be for your final research paper where you are investigating a psychological topic and will include four scholarly sources in your final paper.

This outline should follow the five-paragraph essay format, and you should use a complete sentence or brief statement per point. Please do not submit one-word bullet points. Also, be sure t include a thesis statement, and a concluding statement.

This is NOT an entire essay you are submitting this week, just the outline using the Roman numerals, and letters for each paragraph and subpoints as listed below. Please use the template below as a guide for how this should be completed.

Keep in mind when you do compose this you are investigating a topic in psychology in this research paper, you are not making an argument.

Outline for a Five-Paragraph Essay Template

Title: ____________________

1. Introduction
   1. Introductory statement
   2. Thesis statement: ____________________
2. Body
   1. First Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________
      1. ____________________ supporting evidence.
      2. ____________________ supporting evidence.
      3. ____________________ supporting evidence.
   2. Second Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________
      1. ____________________ supporting evidence.
      2. ____________________ supporting evidence.
      3. ____________________ supporting evidence.
3. Third Supporting Idea (Topic Sentence): ____________________
   1. ____________________ supporting evidence.
   2. ____________________ supporting evidence.
   3. ____________________ supporting evidence.
4. Conclusion
5. Closing statement
6. Restate thesis: ____________________