Overview: Students will write the body of their rough draft following their OREO prewriting page and transition words and phrases.W.3.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. I can write opinion pieces and support my opinion with reasons.W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion. I can provide reasons that support the opinion.W.3.1c: Use linking words and phrases (eg. because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reason. I can use linking words and phrases to connect opinions and reasons.

This sequence of process-based writing lessons leans heavily on insights from a close reading of the Washington Post for Kids' article, "Girl Power." Across these lessons, students plan, draft, revise, and edit an explanatory essay in which they explain how the author of the article uses relationships to develop the text's central idea.