Lessons 1-13

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

• Write different points of view
• Write an opinion about an opinion genre
• Write about reading
• Write an introduction
• State an opinion
• Supporting an opinion with reasons
• Use an organizational structure to write an opinion
• Add linking words to connect ideas
• Write a concluding statement
• Write a concluding section
• Gather information to write an opinion
• Take notes on key facts and details
• Rewrite and sort notes into categories

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 research various ways that government helps their people. They will combine what they learned on pages 4-5 of What is a Government? with their research to state and support an opinion on which aspect of government they think is most important. I have attached the grading rubric used for this assessment.