LESSON PLAN:

Teacher: _________________ Unit: Single Paragraph Opinion Writing

Grade levels:5

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Essential Standards: CCSSELA Literacy.W.5.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of
view with reasons and information.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5. 1A Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an orgazational
structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writers purpose
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1.B Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1.C Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.1.D Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented
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Learning Goal: Students will be able to:
-Write an opinion piece about a famous American who belongs on the Mt. Rushmore Monument. The paragraph
will contain a topic sentence, three details, transitional words, and a concluding sentence.
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Procedure:
Students read an opinion paragraph explaining why Harriet Beecher Stowe belongs on the Mt. Rushmore
Monument. Students identify the topic sentence, supporting details 1-3 and their elaborations, transitional
words, and the concluding sentence.
After identifying the parts of an opinion paragraph, students then write them in the corresponding outline.
Students then consider the question, IF you could choose anyone to go on the Mt. Rushmore Monument, who
would you choose and why.
Students then use the graphic organizer to organize the information to this opinion question. After organizing,
students then use the list of transitional words to fill in their graphic organizer.
Students then write their first draft.
Students use a proofreading checklist to proofread their opinion paragraphs.
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Vocabulary: opinion, topic sentence, supporting details, elaborations, transitional phrases, concluding sentence
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Assessment: Students will be assessed using their proofreading checklist
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Resources/Material: The Trickster in African and African-American Folktales by Janet Parady and
Margo White

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