1. Type Two Opinion Body Paragraphs

2. Check your brainstorming reasons in support of each of the two topics
Check your brainstorming reasons in support of each of the two topics. Note: It is supposed that you did this first.
Individual sports
A. Teach the importance of dedication
B. Permit you to be independent
C. Success in certain sports can result in great financial gain
D. The glory is all yours
E. Require less equipment and facilities
Team sports
A. Promote working together/teamwork
B. These sports are more popular
C. Camraderie makes training more enjoyable
D. These sports tend to be more fun to play
E. Sharing the glory of winning with teammates is more enjoyable in team sports
F. These sports are more popular

3. A. Teach the importance of dedication 1. Permit you to be independent
Organize your reasons. Omit inappropriate or weak reasons. Join some reasons if they are very similar or closely connected. If you see categorical distinctions, identify them. Number them in the order that you wish them to appear in your paper.
Individual sports
A. Teach the importance of dedication
1. Permit you to be independent
C. Success in certain sports can result in great financial gain
3. The glory of winning is all yours
2. Require less equipment and facilities
Team sports
3. Promote working together/teamwork
4. Camraderie makes training more enjoyable join with #3
2. These sports tend to be more fun to play
5. Sharing the glory of winning with teammates is more enjoyable in team sports put all together w/3 & 4
1. These sports are more advanced
G. These sports are more popular

4. Write mini topic sentences with signal words to introduce each reason
Write mini topic sentences with signal words to introduce each reason. Use passive voice when appropriate.
First/One way (that)/One reason (that/why) (+noun or verb+ing) One reason is that individual sports permit you to be independent.
Next/Another reason (that/why)/Another way (that) (+noun or verb+ing) Another reason is that less equipment and facilities are required in individual sports. (Passive voice)
Another benefit/another advantage of (+noun or verb+ing)
Another benefit of +verb
Lastly/Besides that, (+subject +) Lastly, the glory of winning in team sports is all yours.

5. Support your reasons with details and examples.
It is true that there are several significant benefits to playing individual sports. One reason is that individual sports permit you to be independent. You do not have to depend on teammates to do their part. For instance, in running or swimming much of the training can be done alone and without a coach. I like to swim laps and I can do so whenever the weather permits. Another reason is that less equipment and facilities are required in individual sports. Running is a good example of this as it requires very little gear and it can be done almost anywhere. I like to run on the beach, but through the forest is even better. Lastly, the glory of winning in individual sports is all yours. If you win, the trophy is yours to keep. I still have my second place medal that I won in orienteering in Canada when I was onlny twelve years old. (What was omitted here?)

6. Even though it is true that there are several great benefits to playing individual sports, playing team sports can be even more rewarding. First, team sports are more advanced. The complexity and dynamics of strategy and technique in sports like football and baseball are so much more rewarding than that of individual sports. Take baseball, for example. The anticipation of watching the seventh game of the World Series, especially in a game where anything can happen as long as there is still one one strike left, is incredibly intense. Next, these sports tend to be more fun to play for many of the same reasons. There is nothing like being a part of a trick play in football. I recall as a child imitating the pros in neighborhood games in the backyard of the house where I grew up.

7. There are even more benefits to playing team sports over individual sports. First, team sports promote working together. Team work is essential in so many aspects of life. I recall a difficult lesson learned in the Boy Scout Klondike Derby. In the Klondike Derby scouts build a wooden sled for a sled race and rally. As there was little snow, we had to carry our sled during one part of the race. Our buddy Jimmy was the weakest link in the chain. Jimmy dropped the sled and the rest of the patrol had to carry it without him. Nevertheless, most team efforts are well rewarded. A different year at the same event, my patrol won first place in the fire building competition. I was the one with the fire-building secrets, but I could not have done it without my fellow scouts, and we all enjoyed the victory. There is no such cameraderie in individual sports.