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📖 4th Grade · ELAW.4.1aUnit 8: Opinion writing

Choosing a position

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🎯 Objective: Students choose a position on a debatable topic.

Lesson outline

  1. Four corners on a debatable question (Should recess be longer?).
  2. Choose a position.
  3. Plan.
  4. Exit: your claim.

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

W.4.1a

Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 4 — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Write opinion pieces with reasons supported by facts and details, organized logically

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

📚 All 4th Grade skills📚 Read-aloud stories⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Opinion writing”

  1. Choosing a position
  2. Reasons with facts
  3. Drafting with linking phrases
  4. Conclusion and revision

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