Session 2: Getting Your Ideas Down on Paper

Video

Hello writers, today I want to remind you that when you write opinion essays, it helps to organize your essays into a claim and reasons that support your claim, using details from the texts.

Visual

This is a visual of what your essay organization could look like. Start at the trunk of the tree and move to the first limb and explore the reasons and details.

Interactive

Remember: on the Milestones you will be asked to read two passages on a topic and then write either an informational or opinion piece based on what you just read. Today, you will practice drafting an opinion piece based on two texts.

Directions:

Use the interactive to re-read the passages about dogs in restaurants.
Using your notes from the last session, and the writing checklists, draft your opinion piece.
Be sure to export and save your draft for the next assignments.

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