Plan More As You Write

Suspend Judgment

Take a Side

Organize Ideas

Plan More as You Write

DARE Develop Your Topic Sentence. Add Supporting Ideas.

Reject Arguments For The Other Side.

End With A Conclusion.

STOP Suspend judgment- Brainstorm ideas for and against the topic.

Against ______For ______

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Take a side- Read your ideas and decide the side you will take. Place a “+” at the top of the side that shows your position. Organize ideas- Choose ideas that are strong (and an argument to refute) and decide how to organize them for writing. Plan more as you write- Continue to plan as you write. Use all four essay parts. (Remember to use DARE.) DARE Develop your topic sentence. Add supporting ideas. Reject arguments for the other side. End with a conclusion. Cue Cards (For teacher use to execute STOP and DARE)

First cue card for step 1: Did I list ideas for both sides? Suspend judgment. If not, complete this now.

Second cue card for step 1: Can I think of anything else? Suspend judgment. Try to write more.

Third cue card for step 1: Another point I have not considered is… Suspend judgment. Think of possible arguments.

Place a “+” at the top of one column to Cue card for step 2: show the side you will take in your Take a side. essay.

First cue card for step 3: Put a star next to ideas you want to use. Organize ideas. Choose at least______ideas to use.

Second cue card for step 3: Did I star ideas on both sides? Organize ideas. Choose at least ______arguments that you can dispute.

Third cue card for step 3: Number your ideas in the order you will Organize ideas. use them.

Remember to use all four essay parts: (DARE) Cue card for step 4: Develop your topic sentence. Plan more as you write. Add supporting ideas. Reject arguments for the other side. End with a conclusion. Transition Words/Phrases

Introduce Ideas: Granting a Point:  I believe that  granted that  I think  even though  for example  in spite of  as an illustration  although  for instance  while this may be true  despite Add an idea:  in addition Conclusion or Consequence:  furthermore  accordingly  also  as a result  moreover  because  another reason to support this is  consequently  besides  due to  and  finally  secondly  hence  thirdly  in conclusion  too  in summary  finally  it follows that  next  as a result  similarly  for these reasons  since Contrast:  so  however  therefore  on the contrary  thus  yet  to sum up  but  conversely  regardless  and yet  nevertheless  on the other hand  otherwise  still  at the same time  despite this  although