02.08 Support Your Main Ideas Using the ideas you previously wrote in your Information Research Chart and your introduction, you will write the body paragraphs of your informational article.

Begin your Works Cited page as you write your body. List all the resources you decide to use in your writing. See the lesson on citing sources or the Writer’s Workshop for the correct format. You will not submit this page in this lesson. You will submit it with your final draft.

View the grading rubric as you complete your work. This is your guide to a super submission.

Include your introduction paragraph from your introduction lesson.
Write three body paragraphs for your article.
Write a topic sentence for each body paragraph.
Clearly support your topic sentence with valid evidence from your research.
Use signal phrases with a direct quote in your article.
Use transition phrases to connect ideas, sentences, and paragraphs.
Use precise language to show your understanding of your topic.
Use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Write in the third person point of view.
Save your work to your computer or drive.
Submit your work in 02.08 Support Your Ideas.

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