Explanatory — Draft the middle

Teacher edition · Grade 6 · Lesson 30 · Road-map project

Writing Book 6 · sheet 69

One point per paragraph. State it, then prove it.

2. Your turn

In your notebook: draft the middle for your own piece, double-spaced so there is room to correct.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Read the one sentence you are most sure of.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Read the one sentence you are most sure of.

Watch forA paragraph that is all example and no point has the opposite problem and is just as common.