Opinion Writing Lesson: Body Paragraphs, Grades 3-5

"Dogs are loyal. My cat sleeps a lot. Dogs fetch. I like soup." Is that easy to follow? In about 40 minutes, students learn that each body paragraph holds one reason, with details that back it up and a tie-back sentence that connects the reason to the opinion.

What's inside

• 16 slides, with speaker notes on all 16
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Model Page, 1 page
• Writing Practice, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page, with accepted answers, a scored model and a day rubric
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Model Page, Writing Practice and answer key together

Answer key included

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