Lessons 1-13

Students will be creating opinion writing and have many opportunities to practice this form of writing. Listed are some components we will review:

• Write an opinion
• Write a short opinion essay
• Write an opinion 2
• Write an introduction about a topic
• Write opinion statements
• Write reasons to support opinion
• Write reasons that support opinion
• Write reasons and details for an opinion
• Connect ideas with linking word and phrases
• Write a concluding statement
• Write a concluding section
• Gather information to support an opinion
• Take notes for an opinion essay

Lessons 14-18

Students will be going through the writing process: prewrite, draft, revise, edit, and final copy of an opinion essay.

Performance Based Assessment

Students will be using knowledge from lesson 1-18 to complete state and support their opinion on which text, Storm in the Night or Knots of a Counting Rope, has a more powerful central message. I have attached the grading rubric used for this assessment.