Sharing Opinion Pieces About Humanity
Grade
Grade 3
UNIT
9
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Humanity
In Unit 9, Lesson 4, “Sharing Opinion Pieces About Humanity,” students will practice their reading skills by reading their opinion pieces to a partner and their listening skills by listening to their partners’ stories. Then, students will participate in a class discussion about the different ways students demonstrated humanity. Finally, students will write two examples, on their worksheets, using complete sentences, about how other students discussed humanity in their opinion pieces.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Read aloud to a partner to support development of English pronunciation, syntax, and grammar
- Listen to a partner’s reading to develop active listening skills
- Participate in a class discussion to develop active listening and conversation skills
- Write complete sentences to practice correct English syntax and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 3 Unit 9 Worksheet 4: Sharing Opinion Pieces About Humanity
VOCABULARY:
Humanity: I see that every person is special. People are more alike than unalike. We all need to work together to make our lives better.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will read our opinion pieces about humanity (from Lesson 3) with a partner.
- Circle the room to support the students as they take turns reading their opinion pieces to their partners. (10 min)
- Now we will discuss our opinion pieces. Who would like to raise their hand and tell me how they can best show humanity?
- Write 2-3 examples on the board, with the student’s name and a brief description of what they said. (5 min)
- Finally, we will write on our worksheet two sentences about what we’ve heard.
GRADE 3 UNIT 9 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING AN OPINION PIECE ABOUT HUMANITY
Humanity: I see that every person is special. People are more alike than unalike. We all need to work together to make our lives better.
ACTIVITY: Write an opinion piece about the best way you can show humanity.
Topic:
Opinion:
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
Reason 3:
Closure:
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