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Work with your classmates to draft a thesis statement for your class essay:
5. With your class, decide how you will organize your body paragraphs to support the thesis. Complete the graphic organizer by choosing supporting ideas and brainstorming how you will use evidence to develop each one.
Organizing Supporting Ideas and Details
Supporting Idea
Sample response: My cell phone keeps Sample response: calling 911 in an emergency; using me safe. the map app when lost; calling home when I miss the
bus; finding medical information on the Internet
Drafting the Essay
6. Working with your teacher and classmates, draft the introduction to your expository essay. Be sure to include the following elements:
• Lead, or “hook”: a quote, question, anecdote, or intriguing statement used as
an attention grabber
• Context: a connection between the lead and the thesis • Thesis: the position of the class on the topic
7. Working with your teacher and classmates, draft the body paragraphs for your expository essay. Be sure to include the following elements in each paragraph: • Topic sentence: A sentence that states the supporting idea
• Transition: Words used to connect ideas (e.g., for example, for instance)
• Evidence: Specific examples, details, and facts
• Commentary: Sentences that explain how the information is relevant to the
topic sentence and bring a sense of closure to the paragraph
Evidence: Facts, Examples, Details
Writing Workshop 3 • Expository Writing 5
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