Writing: Supporting Sentences
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It is time to work on your skill for this week.
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https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2.mp3 If you would like to review how to write supporting sentences for an opinion paragraph, work your way through the slideshow below.
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https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_1_.mp3 Opinion
You know that an opinion is how you feel or think about something. You will be working on writing a paragraph about an opinion that you have. To help you with this, let’s practice writing together today. We will be working on supporting sentences for an opinion paragraph in this slideshow. 
Click image to enlarge. https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_2.mp3 Dogs make the best pets.
You know that it is important to have a plan for your writing. Take a look at the plan for the opinion topic we will be working on today. The topic is “Dogs make the best pets.” 
https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_3.mp3 Topic Sentence = Green Light Sentence
You know that a topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph. It tells what the paragraph will be about. It is the “green light” sentence. Here is a topic sentence for this opinion topic: I believe that dogs make the best pets.
Click image to enlarge. https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_4.mp3 Now, it is time to write supporting sentences for this opinion paragraph. Take a look at the planning web again. The details, or supporting sentences, for this paragraph come from the rest of the web: friend, loyal, and fun. We just need to turn those details about why a dog makes the best pet into sentences.
https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_5.mp3 Supporting Sentences = Yellow Light Sentence
A dog is always a very good friend to you. Dogs are also so loyal to you. Dogs are fun, too. It is time to slow down and write yellow light sentences, or supporting sentences, for this opinion paragraph. We need to turn the details friend, loyal, and fun into sentences. Take a look at these sentences. A dog is always a very good friend to you. Dogs are also so loyal to you. Dogs are fun, too. 
https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_6.mp3 I believe that dogs make the best pets. A dog is always a very good friend to you. Dogs are also so loyal to you. Dogs are fun, too.
Great work! We now have the topic sentence written and the supporting sentences done for this opinion paragraph. Let’s look at what we have so far: I believe that dogs make the best pets. A dog is always a very good friend to you. Dogs are also so loyal to you. Dogs are fun, too. 
https://cms.accelerate-ed.com/s3/r/content/Elementary/docs/LanguageArts1/audio/ELA1_22.4_pg5_2_audio_7.mp3 Now, it is your turn to start writing supporting sentences for an opinion paragraph. Good luck!
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It is time to write your supporting sentences, if you have not already done so. Add these sentences to an opinion paragraph you have worked on. These sentences will follow your topic sentence.
If you need writing paper, click on the Activity button below to download paper. Complete these supporting sentences and submit them to your teacher once you have finished.
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