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06 Organize and Develop Your Ideas Worksheet

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Writing Prompt: Click below to re-read the letter to the editor, “I, Too, Have a Dream”
(found in 2.04). How does the writer use structure and language to persuade her readers
and support her feelings about immigration? Write an essay using evidence from the letter
to answer the question.

Brittany Taylor’s Letter to the Editor, “I, Too, Have a Dream”

Thesis Statement: Type your thesis statement that you created from the 2.04 quiz here.

Part 1 – Organizing Your Ideas

Directions: Write a topic sentence for each body paragraph. (One body paragraph should
focus on the author’s use of structure and one body paragraph should focus on the author’s
use of language.) Use a mixture of paraphrased examples and direct quotations for your
evidence. Write your examples and explanations in complete sentences.

Body Paragraph 1

● Topic Sentence: the writer uses structure in her letter by opening with a protest that
she saw with a friend, her friend had that when she was a kid she came to the U.S.A
illegally. The signs the protesters were holding up said "ILLEGALS LEAVE" and "GO
HOME" Brittney felt bad for her friend that even though her friend has lived in the
U.S for her entire life she still was an illegal definenty hurt her feelings seeing these
protesters say stuff like that.

● Example from text to support topic sentence: "But, I know their words were bullets to
Areliss’s heart."
● Explanation of how the example serves purpose: it's a metaphor telling how the
words hurt Areliss's heart but wern't actually bullets
● Example from text to support topic sentence:

● Explanation of how the example serves purpose:

Body Paragraph 2

● Topic Sentence:

● Example from text to support topic sentence:

● Explanation of how the example serves purpose:

● Example from text to support topic sentence:

● Explanation of how the example serves purpose:

Part 2 – Developing Body Paragraphs

Directions: Use your planning in Part 1 to write your two body paragraphs. Use complete
sentences, proper grammar and punctuation, and transitions to develop your body
paragraphs. Each body paragraph should have a transition at the beginning of the topic
sentence and at least two within each paragraph.