Today, we concluded our discussion of the story, "Riding with Rosa." We then pondered the following question: Does the narrator make a smart decision when he sits next to Stephen on the bus? Students collected evidence to support both sides of this question, and we decided to write our model paragraph answering yes, that it was a smart idea.
We worked through a model persuasive paragraph as a class, copying the sample off the overhead, and labeling the parts. As it turns out, writing a persuasive paragraph is very much like writing an expository paragraph: same structure, organization and use of transitions! Students are reminded that a powerful topic sentence will contain a clear argument - don't be wishy-washy!
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