1. How do I organize and develop my supporting reasons? How do I extend my reasons? How do I extend my reasons? How do I begin drafting body paragraphs? How do I begin drafting body paragraphs?

2. In this lesson, you will learn how to organize and develop supporting reasons by using boxes and bullets.

3. Let’s Review An opinion essay should include: Words that show strong feelings An opinion statement Reasons that support the opinion As you draft your essay, keep these pieces in mind!

4. Strong reasons will support your thesis statement. Turtles are the best pets. Turtles are unique and beautiful. Turtles are quiet.Turtles are easy to care for.

5. Writing Process Generate Ideas Generate Ideas Write Drafts Write Drafts Revise & Edit Revise & Edit 1 2 3

6. Let’s Review A Common Mistake Using the same reason over and over again. Turtles are low-maintenance. Turtles are easy to care for. You won’t have to spend a lot of time cleaning up after your turtle.

7. Let’s Review A Common Mistake Not extending your reasons. Turtles are quiet, so you should get one for your pet. How do you know? Why does that matter?

8. Let’s Review Core Lesson Write your reason in a box. 1 2 Ask, “What are some examples that support this reason?” List your examples as bullets. 3 Ask, “What facts would support my claim?” List these facts as bullets.

9. Let’s Review Core Lesson 1 Write your reason in a box. When people use public transportation, it builds communities Using public transportation can save people money and time. Public transportation conserves energy and reduces pollution. Reasons:

10. Let’s Review Core Lesson When people use public transportation, it builds communities. 1

11. Let’s Review Core Lesson 2 Ask, “What are some examples that support this reason?” List your examples as bullets. What examples can I use to support this reason? Sitting in close quarters next to other people creates more opportunities for people to get to know each other and meet!

12. Let’s Review Core Lesson When people use public transportation, it builds communities. Sharing a subway or bus requires people to mingle and meet. You can make your commute more interesting by getting to know a new person!

13. Let’s Review Core Lesson 3 Ask, “What facts would support my claim? List your facts as bullets. What facts can I use to support this reason? Buses and subways can hold a lot more people than a single car. This means that more people are coming together!

14. Let’s Review Core Lesson When people use public transportation, it builds communities. Buses and subways hold a lot more people, bringing large numbers of people together. Sharing a subway or bus requires people to mingle and meet. You can make your commute more interesting by getting to know a new person!

15. Let’s Review Core Lesson Repeat the process with all three reasons!

16. Let’s Review Core Lesson Write your reason in a box. 1 2 Ask, “What are some examples that support this reason?” List your examples as bullets. 3 Ask, “What facts would support my claim? List these facts as bullets.

17. In this lesson, you have learned how to organize and develop supporting reasons by using boxes and bullets.

18. Let’s Review Guided Practice Create a box and bullets by extending the following supportive reason with an example and fact. Kids should eat healthy foods because they give you more energy to work and play!

19. Let’s Review Extension Activities What examples and facts could you use to support these opinions? Write them down... People should conserve energy by using public transportation. The internet should be free for all.

20. Let’s Review Quick Quiz For each supporting reason, create a box with bullets. Extend each reason with an example and fact. Kids should get more computer time because…. Computers have many educational uses. Many jobs require computer skills. Computers are a great tool for communicating with others.