Persuasive Lesson

Persuasive Lesson

This lesson is created by using the text Open Very Carefully- A Book with Bite By Nick Bromley and Nicola O’Byrne. Students are to write an opinion piece and persuade why something is good or bad. 

Common Core State Standards for Language Arts and Literacy that are being met

W.2.1 Writing

     Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

 

Lesson Goal/Objective

Goal:

 Learner and task- Second grade students will apply their understanding of the story Open Very Carefully- A Book with Bite by

Objective:

Observable Performance- Choosing one topic from a list of suggested ideas and then completing a persuasive  graphic organizer by stating their opinion

 Conditions- By working individually at their assigned seats 

 Criteria- Having listed three main reasons by starting each sentence with capital letters, including 5-7 words with at least one persuasive vocabulary word from the anchor chart in each sentence, while incorporating appropriate spaces between each word, and ending with correct punctuation.