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Writing Effective Body Paragraphs

Writing Effective Body Paragraphs. ELA8W1: States a clear perspective, creates an organizing structure, develops the topic with supporting details. Warm-up. Take out your book project and be ready to turn it in. Open the literature book to pg. 201 and be ready to start. LEGS Body Paragraph.

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Writing Effective Body Paragraphs

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  1. Writing Effective Body Paragraphs ELA8W1: States a clear perspective, creates an organizing structure, develops the topic with supporting details

  2. Warm-up Take out your book project and be ready to turn it in. Open the literature book to pg. 201 and be ready to start.

  3. LEGS Body Paragraph • Acronym to help you remember how to organize: • L: Lead with style • E: Explain and elaborate • G: Give evidence to support • S: Summarize

  4. Practice Topic: Does violence on television affect young people? As we practice writing LEGS paragraph, we will use this as our thesis statement: Violence on television negatively affects our generation.

  5. L: Lead with Style Strategies for leads with style: • Quote • Image • Thought-provoking (rhetorical) question • Figurative language • Startling facts/statistics • Anecdotes

  6. L: Lead with Style Strategies for leads with style: • Image: Frightened and anxious, the people in the elevator wait silently in the dark. Behind them, a creepy, disfigured face holds a knife and he waits to strike. • Startling Fact: The American Academy of Pediatrics states that 75% of children who have committed crimes were allowed to watch violent shows on television.

  7. L • L: The American Academy of Pediatrics states that 75% of children will act out violent acts that they see on television.

  8. E: Explain your response • Make a statement and give evidence to support it • Avoid using pronouns like ‘it’ or ‘he’: use specific nouns to explain • Explain WHY • Use transitions to move from one idea to another (because, after, before, if, until)

  9. LE • L: The American Academy of Pediatrics states that 75% of children will act out violent acts that they see on television. • E: Some kids like to pretend that they are the star of their favorite show and do not realize that television is just make-believe. When children act out violent parts of the movies, they could hurt themselves or others.

  10. G: Give Evidence • Facts and statistics • Anecdotes • Quotes • Descriptions Transition words: For instance, for example, such as, to illustrate, additionally…

  11. LEG • L: The American Academy of Pediatrics states that 75% of children will act out violent acts that they see on television. • E: Some kids like to pretend that they are the star of their favorite show and do not realize that television is just make-believe. When children act out violent parts of the movies, they could hurt themselves or others. • G: For example, as my 10 year old neighbor watches cars go by, he tries to shoot at them with his BB gun, pretending that he is a cop on Law and Order. Even though this seems minor, this action shows that he is negatively affected by what he sees on television.

  12. S: Summarize • Restate your main idea • Challenge your readers (call to action) • Ask a summarizing rhetorical question • So what? (show the reader why this is meaningful/useful) • Predictions

  13. LEGS • L: The American Academy of Pediatrics states that 75% of children will act out violent acts that they see on television. • E: Some kids like to pretend that they are the star of their favorite show and do not realize that television is just make-believe. When children act out violent parts of the movies, they could hurt themselves or others. • G: For example, as my 10 year old neighbor watches cars go by, he tries to shoot at them with his BB gun, pretending that he is a cop on Law and Order. Even though this seems minor, this action shows that he is negatively affected by what he sees on television. • S: My neighbor is just one child of millions. What would happen if every child who ever saw something violent on television tried to act it out?

  14. Assignment Celebrities are seen everywhere—from the internet to magazines, from TV to Twitter. Some children look to these celebrities as role models. Write a body paragraph persuading a child that they should or should not look to a celebrity as a role model.

  15. Warm-up: Thursday, October 6 Pretend that you are a teenager that does not currently have a phone (or, maybe you are ). Write a LEGS paragraph to a parent/guardian convincing them that you need the hottest phone on the market.

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