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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: Brittany Taylor uses her friend Areliss and Areliss's background in her "
I, Too, Have a Dream" to influence her audience to understand that DACA should stay as
an organization rather than disbanding it and also that Lady Liberty stands as a beacon for
the tired and the poor. Brittany Taylor was trying to accomplish that DACA is doing good
things for those like Areliss and they should stay together. She wanted the audience to
stand with her so that the people she is writing to can understand that others feel the same
way she does.

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: protesters wouldn’t be able to understand Areliss

● Example from text to support topic sentence: “These protesters couldn’t have known
what Areliss felt as they shouted and waved pamphlets in our faces like tattered
flags, But, I know their words were like bullets to Areliss’s heart. I wanted to fire back
at the protestors: Where are your ancestors from?”

● Explanation of how the example serves purpose: Brittany utilizes metaphors to show
how shocked Brittany was feeling when she said “But those words were like bullets
to Areliss’s heart”
 ● Example from text to support topic sentence:”The term “DREAMers” refers to an act
that would have protected these immigrant children if they attended college or
served in the military. The DREAM Act did not pass, but its name has remained.
DACA recipients have a dream: they dream that their lifelong contribution to the
United States will one day be recognized, and they will be permitted to stay in the
country they have always called home.”

● Explanation of how the example serves purpose: Brittany attempts to influence

readers that it would be a bad idea to shut down DACA when she says:” DACA
recipients have a dream: they dream that their lifelong contribution to the United
States will one day be recognized, and they will be permitted to stay in the country
they have always called home

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.