Explanatory — Draft the opening

Teacher edition · Grade 7 · Lesson 34 · Road-map project

Writing Book 7 · sheet 73

You know how to open. Do it faster and better than last time.

2. Your turn

In your notebook: draft the opening 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 forKeep the first draft on the desk. The comparison IS the lesson.