Writing an Opinion Piece About Understanding
Grade
Grade 4
UNIT
8
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Understanding
In Unit 8, Lesson 3, “Writing an Opinion Piece About Understanding,” students will write an opinion piece in which they introduce the topic they are writing about, state an opinion, create an organizational structure that lists reasons, use linking words and phrases, and provide a concluding statement or section.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate comprehension of the word understanding
- Write an opinion piece that introduces the topic, states an opinion, creates an organizational structure that lists reasons, uses linking words and phrases, and provides a concluding statement or section.
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 4 Unit 8 Worksheet 3: Writing an Opinion Piece About Understanding
VOCABULARY:
- Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will write an opinion piece about how you can show understanding and why it is important to show understanding. An opinion piece does five things.
- First, it introduces the topic you are writing about.
- Second, it states your opinion.
- Third, it supplies reasons that support your opinion.
- Fourth, it uses linking words (because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons
- Finally, it provides a concluding statement or section
- Here is an example of an opinion piece about understanding. Write on the board:
Topic: There are many different ways we can show understanding.
Opinion: The best way I can show understanding is by listening to all my students and thinking about their different points of view, especially if they differ from mine.
Reason 1: Because all my students are different, they have different points of view. I can understand everyone better, and can understand the whole class better, when I listen to and think about everyone’s different points of view.
Reason 2: My students need to know that I care about them. Listening to their different points of view is an important way I can show that I care about them.
Reason 3: Listening to my students’ points of view helps us to build good relationships and have a good classroom environment where we can all learn and grow to become the best people we can be.
Conclusion: In my opinion, the best way I can show understanding is by listening to all my students’ different points of view to improve my understanding, show that I care, and create a good classroom environment. - Now each student will write their opinion piece on their worksheet.
NOTE: Collect and keep the worksheet on the following page for the next day’s lesson in which students will share their opinion pieces with a partner.
GRADE 4 UNIT 8 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING AN OPINION PIECE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING
Understanding: I seek knowledge and try to learn the truth. I think about other people’s views that might be different from mine.
ACTIVITY: Write an opinion piece about how you can show understanding and 3 reasons why it is important to show understanding.
Topic:
Opinion:
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
Reason 3:
Conclusion:
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