UNIT X UNIT 4 | 161 Plan • Use a graphic organizer to plan your opinion text. Draft • Use your ideas to write a draft. Include: your opinion reasons and facts that support your opinion examples that support your opinion a conclusion that summarizes your opinion Revise A Use the revision checklist to review your draft. B Exchange drafts with a classmate. Give each other suggestions for making your drafts better. C Revise your draft. Edit Use the editing checklist. reason and example #1 reason and example #2 reason and example #3 Opinion Text Editing Checklist I use capitalization correctly. I use punctuation correctly. I use singular and plural nouns correctly. I use common and proper nouns correctly. I use adverbs of time correctly. Revision Checklist I include my opinion in the essay. I include three reasons or facts. I include examples. I include a conclusion. conclusion UNIT 4 161 CON22_3_SE_U04_160-163_CWM.indd 161 30/10/2020 13:43 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Assist students with drafting their opinion texts. Provide language frames for each element of the piece: opinion statement, reasons, examples, and conclusion. Model how to use the frames to draft a paragraph. I think that _____. I think this because _____. For example, _____. Another reason is _____. For example, _____. In conclusion, _____. Amplify Direct students to add more details to their opinion pieces. They may wish to interview friends or family members and include quotes from their interviews to gather other reasons or examples to support their opinions. Model for students how to attribute quotes to the people who said them. Plan • Analyze the Student Model Discuss the annotated graphic organizer then create a blank one on the board. Analyze the Student Model and ask volunteers to identify what information to write in each section of the organizer. • Brainstorm topics and use a graphic organizer Give students time to brainstorm topic ideas. Then direct students to copy the organizer. Assist them as they plan their writing. Create your own organizer for the Draft exercise. Draft • Express ideas in writing On the board, model using your organizer to draft an opinion text. Say: I wrote need a bike path. My opinion statement will be In my opinion, our town needs a bike path. Emphasize that students should use the phrases on page 160 to signal their opinions and examples. Have students work on their drafts independently. • Write a conclusion Revisit the conclusion in the Student Model. Discuss how it relates to the opinion statement. Then model writing a conclusion that summarizes your opinion statement. Direct students to write their own conclusions. Revise A Use the revision checklist Read aloud the revision checklist and apply it to the Student Model together. Then have students use the checklist with their own drafts. B Peer assess Provide language to express constructive feedback. Say: First, say something the writer did well. Then ask questions or give suggestions. C Revise the draft Have students use their own checklists and feedback from peers to revise their writing. Emphasize focusing on expressing ideas fully and clearly. Edit Use the editing checklist Read the editing checklist together and discuss unfamiliar terms. Apply the checklist to the Student Model. Then assist students as they apply it to their own writing. PRACTICE UNIT 4 / CONNECT TO WRITING
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