Common Core Standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.

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Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information

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Standard Introduce a Introduce a Introduce a Introduce a topic No School
topic or text topic or text topic or text or text clearly,
clearly, state an clearly, state an clearly, state an state an opinion,
opinion, and opinion, and opinion, and and create an
create an create an create an organizational
organizational organizational organizational structure in
structure in structure in structure in which related
which related which related which related ideas are grouped
ideas are ideas are ideas are to support the
grouped to grouped to grouped to writers purpose.
support the support the support the
writers writers purpose. writers
purpose. purpose.
Objective The fourth The fourth The fourth The fourth grader No School
grader will generate a list of grader will will write an
generate a list issues. write a hook. introduction for
of issues. an opinion piece.
Activities The teacher will The students The teacher The teacher will No School
explicitly teach will choose their will explicitly explain that an
opinion pieces. top three issues. teach the introduction
The teacher will They will write layout of an includes a hook,
define opinion, a list of things opinion piece. the writers
reasons, they know about The teacher opinion, and
evidence, the issue, and at will teach and supporting
issues, and least three give examples reasons. Students
counter questions they of hooks for will work on
argument. The would like to introductions. their
students will learn more The students introductions.
generate a list about. will highlight The teacher will
of issues they the hook. give student
have a strong Students will examples of
opinion about. start working introductions.
on their
hook.
Differentiation ESL student ESL student will ESL student ESL student will No School
will have have one-on-one will use use Google voice
sentence help using Google voice to create
starters and Google voice to to write hook introduction.
one-on-one help write list. and
generating list. introduction.
Assessment Generated list Students will Students will Introductions No School
of 10 or more have a list of have a hook. include a hook,
issues. issues, what an opinion, and
they know, and reasons.
what theyd like
to know.