---
title: State Your Case!
description: Students will create a comic expressing an opinion with reasons to support the opinion.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/state_your_case-001.png
---

**Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)**

**Lesson Length: 45 mins**

**Topic: Opinion Writing**

**Grade Level: 5**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will create a comic expressing an opinion with reasons to support the opinion.

**Know Before You Start:** Students will need some knowledge of opinion writing. This lesson is helpful in giving students practice organizing their thoughts for an opinion writing piece.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic.  
    - What opinion is being presented? 
    - What reasons support this opinion?
    - What other reasons could have been given? 
    - How was the comic organized to help the reader understand the point of view?

**Activity:**

- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a five-panel comic to express and support an opinion.
- Have students brainstorm topics in which they have a strong opinion. They may have strong opinions about things such as favorite foods, mandatory school uniforms, or the best quarterback of all time. 
    - **Panel 1:** State the opinion.
    - **Panels 2-4:** Provide reasons in support of the opinion.
    - **Panel 5:** Summarize the opinion.

**Closure:**

- Share the opinion comics via a gallery walk or by projecting them for the class to view. 
- Discuss how strong reasons help others consider varying points of view on topics.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Print the sample comic for students to take notes.
- Provide sentence frames.
- Use a graphic organizer for students to organize ideas.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/q7upxmj).

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1838241401767358464/thumbnail.png) Home ](https://content.pixton.com/home)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1976675054379450368/thumbnail.png) Urban ](https://content.pixton.com/urban)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078817894448328704/thumbnail.png) Suburban ](https://content.pixton.com/suburban)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2047725165020577792/thumbnail.png) Rural ](https://content.pixton.com/rural)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078530841190330368/thumbnail.png) Elementary School ](https://content.pixton.com/elementary-school)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531110531739648/thumbnail.png) Middle School ](https://content.pixton.com/middle-school)

**Suggested Story Starters:**

- [ Breaks Should Be Longer ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/breaks-should-be-longer)
- [ School Should Start Later ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/school-should-start-later)
- [ There Should Be No Homework ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/there-should-be-no-homework)
- [ Cellphones Should Be Permitted in Class ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/cellphones-should-be-permitted-in-class)

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