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At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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| Subject: | ESL/ELL (English Language Learning) |
| Topic: | Supporting Opinions |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will practice responding to opinion statements of others with their own personal preferences.
What should students know before this activity?
This lesson allows students to practice stating their opinions and using their own personal experiences to support their choices. Students are expected to use a complete sentence and encouraged to elaborate.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Ask students, “What is the best pet?” Have students share their responses.
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Remind students that when you state your opinion it is important to use your own personal experiences or facts to support your choice. Explain that this helps others better understand our opinions.
What will students do?
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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Read the first panel and point out that both girls in the comic shared their opinion.
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Direct attention to girl #2’s response. Point out that if that was all she said, the conversation would end.
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Share the second panel. Explain to students that girl #1 continued the conversation by asking a “why” question which encouraged girl #2 to elaborate on her opinion by sharing a personal experience.
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Ask students how sharing a personal experience might impact the character’s conversation.
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Explain that it is important to share our own personal experience so that others know and understand us better.
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Using the sample comic as a guide, have students practice stating and supporting their opinions by creating a comic. The comic should feature themselves discussing an opinion with another character.
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Provide example topics such as:
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Best holiday
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Best movie
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Best food
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How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students role play their comics to provide another opportunity for language development.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Adjust sentence frames to match language levels.
- Allow students to use a Story Starter.
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