Essay Structure and Development Lab

Students label introductions, build thesis statements, develop body paragraphs, order essays and revise conclusions.

Grades 5–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.

Virtual labs are sold separately and aren’t part of the All-Access licenses.

Grade versions included

Grade 5: Hooks, opinion statements with reasons, sorting details into body paragraphs and simple conclusions
Grades 6–8: Hook types, arguable thesis with a roadmap, counterclaim paragraphs, outlines and “So what?” conclusions
Grades 9–12: Exigence, qualified defensible theses, line of reasoning across paragraphs and conclusions that extend the argument

Hooks and introductions, thesis and opinion statements, body paragraph development, counterclaims, outlining and essay order, writing conclusions

OAS Standard 2: Reading and Writing Process

Common Core: W.1 · W.2 · W.3 · W.4

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab files and a one-page Quick Start guide.