Erica and Shahana stand in a classroom next to a big touch screen showing a series of questions. They are in their twenties. Erica has long straight brown hair and Shahana has shoulder-length brown hair. They wear blue T-shirts with a print that reads "Home Work Zone."

Erica says HI,
TVO KIDS!
I'M TEACHER
ERICA!

Shahana says AND I'M
TEACHER SHAHANA,
AND WE'RE HERE TO
SHOW YOU HOW
TO WRITE
A PARAGRAPH
WITH SUPPORTING
DETAILS.

Erica says WE'VE
ALREADY GOT A
TOPIC SENTENCE
WHICH TELLS
WHAT THE
PARAGRAPH'S
ALL ABOUT.
WE HAVE MAIN
IDEA ONE,
MAIN
IDEA TWO,
MAIN IDEA
THREE AND
A CONCLUDING
SENTENCE.

Shahana says THE ONLY
PROBLEM IS THAT
WE DON'T REALLY
HAVE ANY
SUPPORTING
DETAILS TO GO
UNDER EACH MAIN
IDEA, SO
WE'RE GOING TO
GIVE IT A SHOT.

Shahana clicks on a down menu and a three-column table appears.

Erica says FOR THE FIRST
ARGUMENT-
EXERCISE
IS A FUN WAY
TO BE ACTIVE,
I THINK I'M
GOING TO TRY
TO WRITE SOME
EXAMPLES.
SOME THINGS
I LIKE TO DO
ARE JOGGING...

Shahana says I'D SAY
SWIMMING IS
A PRETTY FUN
WAY TO
STAY
ACTIVE AS WELL.

Erica says THIS IS
GREAT.
HOW ABOUT THE
SECOND ARGUMENT?

Shahana says WELL WE HAVE
HERE
THAT
EXERCISE HELPS
TO PREVENT HEALTH
PROBLEMS.

Erica uses a blue marker to write down the examples given.

Erica says JUST THE
OTHER DAY,
I WAS READING AN
ONLINE ARTICLE
THAT STATED
THAT 30 MINUTES
OF EXERCISE A
DAY, HELPS
TO PREVENT
HEART DISEASE.

Shahana says HM, NEVER KNEW
THAT.
LOOKS LIKE IT
COULD DIRECTLY
SUPPORT OUR SECOND
MAIN IDEA.
AND FINALLY,
WE HAVE HERE
THAT EXERCISE
MAKES US
FEEL MORE
ENERGIZED.
I COMPLETELY AGREE
WITH THAT
STATEMENT
BECAUSE IF I
DIDN'T EXERCISE ON
A DAILY BASIS,
I'D PROBABLY
FEEL REALLY
LAZY AND
UNPRODUCTIVE.

Erica says I AGREE.
I DEFINITELY HAVE
LESS ENERGY
TO PERFORM
MY DAILY TASKS.

Shahana says WELL,
IT LOOKS LIKE
WE HAVE THREE
PRETTY STRONG
SUPPORTING DETAILS
TO SUPPORT OUR
MAIN IDEAS
AND THAT
MAYBE WE CAN
CATEGORIZE
THEM INTO
THREE
DIFFERENT GROUPS.

Erica says SURE, THE FIRST
ONE -
JOGGING
AND SWIMMING,
THEY LOOK LIKE
EXAMPLES
OF
EXERCISE.
SO I'M GOING
TO
CATEGORIZE
THEM AS EXAMPLES.

She drags the word "example" from the bottom of the screen to the table.

Shahana says THE SECOND SUPPORTING
DETAILS,
SINCE IT HAS A
NUMBER IN HERE
THAT WE MIGHT
HAVE RESEARCHED,
I'M GOING
TO CALL
THAT
FACTS AND DATA.

Erica says FOR THE THIRD
ARGUMENT -
LAZY,
UNPRODUCTIVE,
WELL THOSE SEEM
PRETTY NEGATIVE,
SO I'D CATEGORIZE
THEM
AS
NEGATIVE EFFECTS
OF WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN
IF WE
DIDN'T EXERCISE.

Shahana drags the other two categories mentioned to the table.

Shahana says GREAT, LET'S
SEE WHAT
OUR COMPLETED
PARAGRAPH MIGHT
LOOK LIKE,
AFTER WE
INSERT THESE
SUPPORTING
DETAILS
FOR EACH OF
OUR MAIN IDEAS.

Erica says SOUNDS
GREAT.

Shahana clicks on a top menu and a long paragraph appears with parts highlighted in blue.

Shahana says OKAY.
SO FIRST,
WE'VE GOT OUR
TOPIC SENTENCE.

Shahana says EXERCISE IS AN
IMPORTANT PART
OF BEING
HEALTHY.
OUR MAIN IDEAS
CAN BE IDENTIFIED
BY LOOKING FOR
TRANSITION
WORDS
SUCH AS...

She reads FIRST, EXERCISE IS A FUN WAY
TO STAY ACTIVE.
NEXT,
EXERCISE HELPS TO PREVENT
HEART DISEASE.
FINALLY,
EXERCISE HELPS YOU
FEEL ENERGIZED.

She circles the words "First, Next, Finally."

Shahana says IF YOU
NOTICE,
WE'VE PUT THE
SUPPORTING DETAILS
IN BLUE, TO SHOW
HOW THEY
SUPPORT EACH OF
OUR MAIN IDEAS.

Erica says THE FIRST
ONE SAYS

She reads FOR EXAMPLE,
JOGGING, SWIMMING
AND HULA DANCING ARE ALL
ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES
THAT HELP US STAY FIT.

Shahana says FOR OUR SECOND
MAIN IDEA
ABOUT HOW
EXERCISE HELPS
TO PREVENT HEART
DISEASE,
WE NOTED THAT
IN MARCH 2012,
AN ARTICLE STATED:
IT ONLY TAKES
30 MINUTES
TO HELP REDUCE
HEART DISEASE.

Erica says AND THE THIRD
SUPPORTING DETAIL...

She reads IF EXERCISE WAS NOT
AN IMPORTANT PART
OF YOUR LIFE,
YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY
FEEL LAZY, UNPRODUCTIVE
AND YOU WOULD HAVE
LITTLE ENERGY
TO COMPLETE
YOUR DAILY TASKS.

Shahana says NOW, TO WRAP
UP OUR PARAGRAPH,
WE DIDN'T FORGET
OUR
CONCLUDING
STATEMENT...

She reads THEREFORE,
FOR MANY
DIFFERENT REASONS
EXERCISE IS BENEFICIAL
BOTH PHYSICALLY
AND MENTALLY.
SO STAY ENERGIZED!

Erica says I'M TEACHER
ERICA...

Shahana says AND I'M
TEACHER SHAHANA.

Erica says AND TVO
KIDS,
IF YOU
DIDN'T KNOW
BEFORE, NOW
YOU KNOW
HOW TO WRITE A
PARAGRAPH WITH
SUPPORTING
DETAILS.