Write an informational essay in your own words explaining how you changed when you entered middle school. Be sure to:

• Introduce the topic clearly, provide a focus, and organize information in a way that makes sense.

• Develop the topic with facts, definitions, details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

• Develop your ideas clearly and use your own words, except when quoting directly from the passages.

• Use appropriate and varied transitions to connect ideas and to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.

• Use clear language and vocabulary.

• Establish and maintain a formal style.

• Provide a conclusion that supports the information presented.

• Check your work for correct usage, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation