Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)
Lesson Length: 45 mins
Topic: Opinion Writing
Brief Description: Students will learn to support a point of view.
Know Before You Start: Students will need some background knowledge of opinion writing.
Comic 1
Comic 2
Hook:
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Read and discuss Sample Comic 1.
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Have students brainstorm reasons that support the opinion, “playing video games is a sport”.
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Students can talk in small groups and then share answers with the whole class.
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Discuss how writers must use reasons and information to support their opinion or point of view.
Activity:
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Show Sample Comic 2.
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In pairs, have students choose one of the comic panels and list reasons to support the opinion presented.
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After listing reasons, have each group share their results.
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Discuss with students the importance of having strong evidence to support an opinion.
- Extension: 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 notice the reasons provided by the author to support the opinion.
Differentiation:
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Provide a graphic organizer to brainstorm thoughts.
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Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
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Provide an opinion article at the student reading level or read aloud.
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Allow students to work with a peer model.
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Provide sentence frames for students to use For example, ( ____ is the best ____ because _______.).
Suggested Content Packs:
News Station
Energy
Urban Life
Suburban Life
Rural Life
Suggested Story Starters:
