Follow these directions:
1.Write down your homework.
2.Pick up last week’s essay on the laptop
cart.
3.You will need your colored pencils
today. You may go to your locker to
retrieve them if necessary.
Today you will learn…
how to organize the ideas in your body paragraphs.
Organization is…
• the arrangement of the
essay’s content into an
introduction, body, and
conclusion.
• the ordering of sentences
within paragraphs.
• the connection of paragraphs
with transitions.
First Body Paragraph
• (at least 8 sentences)
• Topic sentence which introduces your first idea
• 1st Detail sentence to support this idea
• Sentence(s) to Explain or Expand on this detail
• 2nd Detail sentence to support this idea
• Sentence(s) to Explain or Expand on this detail
• 3rd Detail sentence to support this idea
• Sentence(s) to Explain or Expand on this detail
• Concluding sentence which wraps up your first idea
When writing a body paragraph,
use AREA structure…
A – Argument
R – Reason
E – Evidence
Explanation
A – Argument
Argument
• First sentence – topic sentence
• Answers:
What are you trying to prove?
What’s your position/opinion?
• When you write an argument,
use words from the prompt
Reason
• First sentence – topic sentence
• Answers:
Why do you have that position/opinion/argument?
• When you write a reason,
use the word “because”
add it to your argument
Evidence
• Answers:
Why is your reason true?
• When you write evidence,
use transitions words like, “for example” or “for
instance”
use personal experience or facts from a text
Explanation
• Answers:
So what does your evidence prove?
• When you write explanation,
put the evidence into your own words
connect the evidence back to your reason and
argument
Argument
• Last sentence – conclusion sentence
• Answers:
What are you trying to prove?
What’s your position/opinion?
• When you write an argument for the conclusion
sentence,
use synonyms for words in the prompt
Color-code your body paragraphs:
A: argument
R: reason
E: evidence (3)
topic sentence
explanation (3)
A: argument – conclusion sentence
What’s
missing?
Add the letter as
a placeholder.
Revise later.