Let’s Get Opinionated! Soccer or Basketball?

Student Teacher Name: Carson Suntrapak Date of Lesson: March 27, 2021

Grade Level(s): First Grade Subject Area(s): Writing Duration: 30 minutes

Content Standard(s): W 1.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing
about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Central Focus: State an opinion, supply a reason, add conclusion

Language Demands (consider language functions, vocabulary, discourse, and/or syntax):

● Function: state an opinion, supply reasoning and conclusion
● Vocabulary: opinion, topic, introduction, conclusion
● Syntax: form an opinion, state reasons, write properly in a journal with lines, and write in complete sentences.
● Discourse: journal entry about opinion

Learning Objective: After this lesson, students will be able to form their own opinions on a topic after watching 2
YouTube videos and supply an introduction, reasoning, and closure for their opinion.

Materials: Computer, WiFi, Journal, and Pencil, and YouTube videos

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknP-E-vPQ4) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdmvkBQa7cY)

Student Readiness Levels and Prior Learning: Must know alphabet, sentence structure, and punctuation. Must also
know the meaning of an introduction, body, and concluding sentence.

LESSON PLAN SYNTAX

Teacher/Student Script Student Engagement

Note the following:
Script what you will say, ask, and do. ● Explicit language instruction to
Include anticipated student responses and actions. support language demands
● Differentiation for language learners

Anticipatory Set Teacher: “Today, we are going to watch two videos! ● Students engage in a poll
After we watch the two videos, I want you all to and raise their hands when
choose which you liked the best and tell me WHY!. given the three options.
But first, let’s take a vote on what to watch. The first
option is to watch videos on Cat in the Hat/Garfield,
the second option if to watch videos on Jojo
Siwa/KidzBop, and the third option is to watch videos
on Soccer/Basketball. Raise your hand if you want
option 1, 2 or 3.”

Teacher takes a tally of how many students raise

their hands for each category and chooses that
category based on the votes. [Soccer/Basketball
wins]

Perceived Objective Teacher: “Okay, thank you for voting! Now, we are ● Students listen.
and Rationale going to watch these two videos. One will show you
how to play soccer and the other one will teach you
how to play basketball. I want you to pay attention to

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 rules that you like from the videos. Then you will pick
which sport you think is better and why. Use the rules
you like to support your opinion, or you can use any
experiences you have had playing that sport. We will
be writing in our journals today. You will need an
introductory sentence saying which sport you chose.
The next sentence will be you telling me why you
chose that sport over the other, then you will put a
concluding sentence to wrap it all up.”

Input and Modeling Teacher shows both YouTube videos on how to play ● Students will watch both
soccer and basketball. videos and start to form their
opinions of which sport they
Teacher: “I’ll start and share my journal opinion like the best.
writing based on the videos we just watched!”

Example: “I love basketball, and I think it is better

than soccer. The reason I love basketball is because
I love to dribble the ball up and down the court. Do
you like basketball too? I think it is so fun, let’s go
play!”

Teacher: “To start an introduction, you can also start

with stating your opinion or even asking a question
too!”

Guided Practice Teacher: “Let’s try one together. Who can help me ● Students listen to teacher
start my introductory sentence?” “Thank you Rylan! and fellow student when
Go ahead.” sharing and raise their hand
to help contribute to creating
Rylan: “Do you like soccer? Because I do!” a class-made example.

Teacher: “Perfect! Who can help with the supporting

sentence or the body sentence?” “Mason, go ahead
and share”

Mason: “Soccer is better than basketball because

you can kick things in soccer.”

Teacher: “Excellent Mason! I love your reasoning for

loving soccer. Now, who can help me close out my
opinion writing with a concluding sentence?”
“Veronica, please share how you would conclude.”

Veronica: “Soccer is a great sport and I think you

would like it too.”

Teacher: “Yes! Thank you Veronica. So let’s put it all

together. Here is the example we did all together -
and remember, you cannot copy this exactly. It is just
to give you an example on how to write yours in just
a minute”.

Guided example: “Do you like soccer? Because I do!

Soccer is better than basketball because you can
kick things in soccer. Soccer is a great sport and I
think you would like it too.”

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Checking for Teacher: “Does anyone have any questions before ● Students ask any questions
Understanding we start our journal writing?” they may have.

Independent Practice Teacher: “Now it is time for you to get out your
journals and a pencil and write your opinion on if you
like soccer or basketball better based on the videos
we watched. Can someone tell me how many
sentences we write?”
● Students will write out their
opinions using the guidelines
given by the teacher.
● Students will then share their
writing to the class.

Student: “Three!”

Teacher: “Yes! Three sentences. Can someone else

tell me why 3 sentences?”

Student: “One for the introduction, one for the body

and one for the conclusion.”

Teacher: “Excellent! Thank you for reiterating for

everyone to hear. I will give you 5 minutes and then I
will call on volunteers to share their writing.”

Teacher gives 5 minutes for students to write and

walks around (or looks around if virtual) to see if
students need assistance.

After 5 minutes is up, teacher calls on students.

Teacher: “Okay class, time is up. Finish up your last

couple words and we will share out. Does anyone
want to go first?”

Teacher calls on 3-4 students to share and gives

feedback.

Closure Teacher: “I just want to say that everyone did a great ● Students will turn in their
job. Thank you for listening to the instructions. To writing for grading.
recap - who can tell me which sentence goes first in ● Students will then engage in
our opinion writing?” a short discussion with
questions to recap the
Student: “The introduction!” lesson.

Teacher: “That is correct! The introduction always

goes first and this can be in the form of a question or
by stating your opinion. Who can tell me which
sentence goes next? Is it the supporting sentence or
the concluding sentence?”

Student: “The supporting sentence”

Teacher: “Yes! The supporting sentence goes next.

Remember, this sentence is to explain why you
chose the opinion that you did. It is supporting your
opinion by giving a reason. And what is the last
sentence?”

Student: “The conclusion”

Teacher: “Exactly. The concluding sentence is last

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 and it wraps up your thoughts and finishes out the
writing because you never want to have an
unfinished thought when writing. Great job,
everyone.”

Assessment Formative Assessment - Journal writing.

Summative Assessment - Students complete a journal entry explaining why they like one
topic more than the other, however, they will choose two topics of their own to discuss.

Pop Culture Survey Results

Name _Kailee________Gender ___Female________ Age ______6__________________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Poppy the Queen - Trolls

2. Favorite Television Show - Cat in the Hat
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - Nicki Minaj
5. Favorite Singer - Nicki Minaj
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Nicki Minaj music videos
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - Family where you dress up babies
11. Favorite Video Game - Ispy
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Tag
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Grocery shop
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Swimming
16. Favorite Sports Team - Raiders
17. Favorite Athlete - N/a
18. Favorite Book - Book about love with a baby that was shy & being made fun of
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Mario and Peach
20. Favorite Food - Macaroni and spaghetti
21. Favorite Snack - rice crispies
22. Favorite Phrase to Use with Friends

Name __Journi_____Gender __Female__________ Age _____6___________________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Incredibles 2

2. Favorite Television Show - Cat in the Hat
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - Captain and Kid Danger
4. Favorite Type of Music - Jojo Siwa
5. Favorite Singer - Jojo Siwa
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - Don’t remember

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 8. Favorite Website - Youtube
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Jojo Siwa
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - My Town
11. Favorite Video Game - Roblox
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Bop It
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - The Nike Shop
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - Nike
15. Favorite Sport - Volleyball
16. Favorite Sports Team - The Wildcats
17. Favorite Athlete - Serena Williams
18. Favorite Book - Dr Seuss
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Puppy dog House
20. Favorite Food - Candy
21. Favorite Snack - Cookies

Name __Joseph_____Gender __Male__________ Age ____7___________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - The Spongebob Movie

2. Favorite Television Show - Cat in the Hat
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - Supersonic music
5. Favorite Singer - N/a
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - First in place with a z
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - sonic the hedgehog 2
11. Favorite Video Game - Geometry dash
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - More slicing
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - N/a
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Soccer
16. Favorite Sports Team - N/a
17. Favorite Athlete - N/a
18. Favorite Book - Cat in the Hat goes to space
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character
20. Favorite Food - Meat
21. Favorite Snack - Goldfish
22. Favorite Phrase to Use with Friends

Name __Madison____Gender ___Female________ Age ____7____________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - My babysitter is a vampire

2. Favorite Television Show - ELsa and Anna
3. Favorite Actress or Actor
4. Favorite Type of Music - Kids Bop
5. Favorite Singer - Jojo Siwa
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 6. Favorite Band - Jojo Siwa Band
7. Favorite Radio Station
8. Favorite Website - youtube
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Alex
10. Favorite Phone App or Game -
11. Favorite Video Game - Fortnite
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Hide and seek
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Target
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - Justice
15. Favorite Sport - Kick ball
16. Favorite Sports Team - The queens
17. Favorite Athlete - N/ a
18. Favorite Book - Math
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Toy Story
20. Favorite Food - Pizza
21. Favorite Snack - Lunchable
22. Favorite Phrase to Use with Friends

Name __Kristel____Gender ___Female________ Age _____7________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Sofia the First

2. Favorite Television Show - Watching animals
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - Disney music
5. Favorite Singer - Ozuna
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - N/a
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - N/a
11. Favorite Video Game - Minecraft
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - N/a
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Target
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Soccer
16. Favorite Sports Team - Lakers
17. Favorite Athlete - Kobe Bryant
18. Favorite Book - Pete the Cat
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Elsa
20. Favorite Food - French Fries
21. Favorite Snack - Apple sauce

Name _Rylan____Gender ____Male____ Age _____7_______

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Spiderman

2. Favorite Television Show - Spongebob
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - Patrick Star
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 4. Favorite Type of Music - N/a
5. Favorite Singer - N/a
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - Youtube
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Preston
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - Roblox
11. Favorite Video Game - Roblox
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Jumanji
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - N/a
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Soccer
16. Favorite Sports Team - The Dodgers
17. Favorite Athlete - N/a
18. Favorite Book - N/a
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Teen Titans
20. Favorite Food - Cereal
21. Favorite Snack - Fruit snacks
22. Favorite Phrase to Use with Friends - N/a

Name __Kai’Lyn_____Gender __Female__________ Age _____7___________________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Frozen 2

2. Favorite Television Show - N/a
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - John LEgend
5. Favorite Singer - John LEgend
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Lukas and Markus
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - Tik Tok
11. Favorite Video Game - Roblox
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Monopoly
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Jc Penney
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Soccer
16. Favorite Sports Team - Lakers
17. Favorite Athlete - Kobe Bryant
18. Favorite Book - Charlottes Webb
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Elsa
20. Favorite Food - Pizza
21. Favorite Snack - Pringles

Name __Lha'Maji___________Gender ____Male___ Age __6_______________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Cat in the Hat

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 2. Favorite Television Show - The spy Kids
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - N/a
5. Favorite Singer - Fishiami by Tiko
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Tiko
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - GotThePhoto?
11. Favorite Video Game - Fortnite
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Dominoes
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - 99 cent store
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Basketball
16. Favorite Sports Team - Lakers
17. Favorite Athlete - Kobe Bryant
18. Favorite Book - I Like Fruit
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Mickey Mouse
20. Favorite Food - McDonalds big mac and fries
21. Favorite Snack - Doritos cool ranch chips and lemonade

Name _Jace__________Gender ______Male___________ Age ____6___________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - King Kong vs. Godzilla

2. Favorite Television Show - Garfield
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - Rock n Roll
5. Favorite Singer - Pokemon
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - Youtube
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Cory X Kenshin
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - Dragon Ball Warrior Ninja Shadow
11. Favorite Video Game - Stick God
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Tag and Hide and Seek
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Target
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - Nike
15. Favorite Sport - Football
16. Favorite Sports Team - Lakers
17. Favorite Athlete - N/a
18. Favorite Book - Dog Go Go
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Tom and Jerry
20. Favorite Food - Macaroni and cheese and chicken
21. Favorite Snack - Lunchables

Name __Mason___________Gender ______Male_______ Age __6___________

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

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 1. Favorite Movie - We can be heroes
2. Favorite Television Show - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - N/a
5. Favorite Singer - Little Nas X (Old Town Road)
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Ryans Toy Review
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - Amongus
11. Favorite Video Game - Roblox
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Tag
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Trader Joes
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Karate
16. Favorite Sports Team - Lakers
17. Favorite Athlete - Kobe Bryant
18. Favorite Book - Cat in the Hat
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Tots
20. Favorite Food - Chicken and Rice
21. Favorite Snack - Chicken and oreos (together)

Name __Veronica______Gender ____Female_____ Age _6______

Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - The Marchinellos and the Bear

2. Favorite Television Show - Wild Kratts
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - N/a
5. Favorite Singer - Elsa (Disney music)
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - Youtube
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Ryans Toy Review
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - My Talking Tom Friends
11. Favorite Video Game - N/a
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Tag
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - Rose
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Soccer
16. Favorite Sports Team - N/a
17. Favorite Athlete - N/a
18. Favorite Book - Wreck it Ralph
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Minnie Mouse
20. Favorite Food - Eggs
21. Favorite Snack - Chocolate Chip Cookies
22. Favorite Drink - Chocolate milk

Name ____Faith_________Gender ____Female____ Age __6__________

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Please list the name of your favorite in each of these categories?

1. Favorite Movie - Scary Movies

2. Favorite Television Show - Peppa Pig
3. Favorite Actress or Actor - N/a
4. Favorite Type of Music - Hip Hop
5. Favorite Singer - Michael Jackson
6. Favorite Band - N/a
7. Favorite Radio Station - N/a
8. Favorite Website - N/a
9. Favorite YouTube Personality - Ariana Grande
10. Favorite Phone App or Game - N/a
11. Favorite Video Game - Fortnite
12. Favorite Non-Video Game - Family Charades
13. Favorite Store to buy Clothes - 99 cent store
14. Favorite Clothing Brand - N/a
15. Favorite Sport - Dance
16. Favorite Sports Team - Lakers
17. Favorite Athlete - N/a
18. Favorite Book - Don’t Touch my Hair
19. Favorite Cartoon or Comic Book Character - Mal from the descendants
20. Favorite Food - Macaroni and cheese
21. Favorite Snack - Spicy chips and gatorade

Feedback

I enjoyed surveying my students! They thought it was fun to talk about their favorite things, and I

thought it was fun to get to know them a little better through learning about their favorite things. It was very

apparent that all kids enjoyed YouTube which is why I chose to base the lesson around watching YouTube

videos. I think this was a great way to connect with them rather than me reading to them the rules of basketball

and soccer. By using YouTube videos, they were able to see interactively how to play soccer and basketball

and really get the wheels turning in their head on which sport they liked more. Plus, I used these topic options

because they all mentioned these sports in the survey, so they already have background knowledge on it

whether it was from actually playing the sports, or watching it professionally. This was a ruse to get them to

think smarter, not harder. I also think that by choosing to compare 2 things that they all chose within the survey

was a great way to give them a sense of control in what they are writing about. It also gives the ability for them

to write more passionately about that topic, because they picked it over other options, so they clearly like that

the best and have more to talk about. This lesson was easy to create and the students are very involved! You

can do this lesson with any two topics or videos.

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