Explanatory — Draft the opening

Teacher edition · Grade 8 · Lesson 27 · Road-map project

Writing Book 8 · sheet 66

The opening states the decision you made in lesson 7.

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 forA claim nobody could disagree with is not a claim. If no reasonable person would argue the other side, it needs sharpening.