PEEL Writing Strategy Handout

Help students organize their ideas and structure their written responses with this PEEL strategy handout. This worksheet explains what the PEEL acronym means and provides students with a few common sentence starters they can use when constructing their argumentative or informational paragraphs. PEEL paragraphs help students introduce their topic and support it with relevant evidence and reasoning, organized in a clear and logical format. The PEEL writing strategy can be used when writing standalone paragraphs or when composing the body paragraphs of a multi-paragraph essay.

Ideal for students in grades fifth through eighth, this handout can be posted on a classroom wall for easy reference or handed out to students individually. Ready to start writing? Check out the PEEL Paragraph Graphic Organizer next!