Since it is a reflective essay, the best organization or outline for your essay would be chronological order. Start with being young, then elementary school ages and then middle school ages. In each of those paragraphs about reflecting on your age at the time, describe your qualities & characteristics you had at that age...up to now. Outline 1st para: Introduction about you and your life overall. Try to think of your main quality through all your years and make sure that is in 1st para and is the last sentence, the main idea/thesis. Ex: Looking back on my life so far, my best quality has been my ability to make people laugh and being positive even during life's challenges. Maybe relate yourself to your dog- how he makes you laugh even when sad, etc.
2nd para - youngest ages and how you showed Intro Para's qualities discussed.
3rd para: elementary school age & same idea as 2nd para. 4th para: middle school ages and now you currently, and those same qualities discussed in para 1.
Then your 5th Para, is your conclusion Para. So start the sentence: In conclusion, .... my sense of humor and being positive....____. and then write your 1st para, last sent again.
