Organizing Your Ideas with Boxes and Bullets: Planning Your Opinion Letter

This lesson teaches how to plan an opinion letter using the boxes and bullets method. It reviews the writing process stages: idea generation, drafting, and revising. The focus is on generating ideas and planning, avoiding common mistakes like drafting without planning. The lesson provides steps for using boxes and bullets to organize ideas, ensuring a structured approach to writing.

What is the first stage in the writing process according to the lesson?

• Generating ideas

• Publishing the letter

• Revising and editing

• Drafting the letter

What is the common mistake writers make when drafting a letter?

• Writing too much

• Not using proper grammar

• Starting to write without planning

• Choosing the wrong topic

What is the first step in the boxes and bullets method?

• Draft the letter

• Write your reason in a box

• Edit the draft

• List examples as bullets

Which of the following is NOT a reason supporting the thesis 'recess is the best part of the day'?

• Students spend time with friends

• Students can eat snacks

• Students get exercise

• Students can choose what they want to do

What will the examples listed as bullets eventually become in the paragraph?

• Conclusion

• Paragraph sentences

• Topic sentence

• Thesis statement