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    Prove It!

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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 45 mins

    Topic: Opinion Writing

    Grade Level: 5

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will learn to support a point of view.

    Know Before You Start: Students will need some knowledge of opinion writing.

    Comic 1

    Comic 2

    Hook:

    • Read and discuss sample Comic 1. 

    • Have students brainstorm reasons that support the opinion, “playing video games is a sport.”

    • Allow students to discuss in small groups and share answers with the class. 

    • Discuss how writers must use reasons and information to support their opinion or point of view.

    Activity:

    • Show sample Comic 2. 

    • In pairs, have students choose one of the comic panels and list reasons to support the opinion presented. 

    • After listing reasons, have each group share their results. 

    • Discuss with students the importance of having strong evidence to support an opinion.

    • Have students create a comic expressing an opinion about a topic of their choice.

    Closure:

    • Read a short opinion article of high interest to students and have students identify the reasons provided by the author to support the opinion.
    • Create a gallery walk to display the completed comics.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Provide a graphic organizer to brainstorm thoughts.

    • Provide an opinion article at the student reading level or read aloud.

    • Allow students to work with a peer model.

    • Provide sentence frames for students to use. For example, ( ____ is the best ____ because _______.).

    Resources:

    • Comics to print or display: Comic 1,  Comic 2.

    • An opinion article of your choice

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