1. Body Paragraphs
Part I

2. Today’s Objectives
Identify evidence from the text to support your claims
Begin writing body paragraphs

3. Choosing your evidence
Open your books to Part I of The Odyssey
Skim through each section looking for evidence to support the main ideas in your thesis
Write down your evidence (brief description, page number, line numbers) chronologically and mark it as body paragraph 1, 2, or 3

4. Writing Body Paragraphs
Begin drafting your body paragraphs
Use the main ideas from your Thesis for topic sentences
Draft your first body paragraph with your topic sentence as the first sentence
Use the “body paragraph 1” evidence to support your claim