Unit of Study: Opinion and Persuasive
Grade:K
Title: Unit 6
Length of Study: 3 weeks
Genre Description What is Opinion writing?
Priority Standards:
Supporting Standards:
W.K.3.1.a Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion
pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing
about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite
book is...). (CCSS: W.K.1)
W.K.3.2.a.vi Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
(CCSS: L.K.1f)
W.K.3.1.d With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and
suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed. (CCSS: W.K.5)
W.K.3.1.e With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to
produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. (CCSS: W.K.6)
W.K.3.2.a.ii Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. (CCSS: L.K.1b)
W.K.3.2.a.iii Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs;
wish, wishes). (CCSS: L.K.1c)
W.K.3.2.a.iv Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what,
where, when, why, how). (CCSS: L.K.1d)
W.K.3.2.a.v Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on,
off, for, of, by, with). (CCSS: L.K.1e)
W.K.3.2.b.iv Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter
relationships. (CCSS: L.K.2d)
Essential Questions: What is an opinion? What is Opinion writing?
Mini Lesson Concepts/Topics
Resources
Mentor Text
Opinion Writing: 2 weeks
Day 1: Pre-Assessment:
Write about your favorite season,
weather, subject, color, or animal. Tell
why and give at least two reasons.
Overview of Opinion Writing
What is opinion writing?
* Show examples
*Fact vs. Opinion (make a
t-chart)
* Define Opinion
State:“I like….” Or “I think….”
Do students agree or disagree –
This is an opinion (compare to
a fact)
http://www.readworks.org/lessons/gradek/fact-andBooks by Todd Parr:
opinion/lesson-1
It’s okay to be different
The Feelings book
Using non-fiction books, practice stating opinion
Sentences. EX: I like puppies. I like frogs.
I don’t like snakes.
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
Duck Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Create a teacher model story to revisit
It looked like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Through-out the unit and use as a mentor text.
(use illustrations to define opinion)
Unit of Study: Opinion and Persuasive
*Create an Opinion Words
Chart – include words students
Will be using frequently (cool,
Great, awesome, etc.)
Writing Opinion Sentences
Use many different opinion
sentence frames to begin writing
about opinions.
Red is Best by Kathy Stenson
Examples of sentence frames:
My favorite season is ________ because___.
My favorite time of the day is ________
because ___________.
My favorite special is __________ because___.
My favorite……
OR
I like__________ because_____________.
http://www.mrswillskindergarten.com/2012/03/writingopinions.html
Using charts to inform opinion
Writing
Students fill in class chart (the best
pet, the best holiday, the best….) use t
the chart to write about the opinion of
the class. (Our class thinks the best
kind of pet to have is…)
Mini lesson on using a topic
Sentence
Writing a topic sentence without using the word because
Example: The best pet is a ________.
Mini Lesson on stating one to two Example: The best pet is a cat.
Reasons to support the topic
Cats are cuddly.
Sentence.
Cats are soft.
Mini lesson on using a conclusion Restate the topic sentence using a different
Sentence
Word choice.
Example: The best pet is a cat.(topic sentence)
My favorite pet is a cat. (conclusion)
Descriptive words mini lessons
 Food words (salty, chewy,
Sweet, sour, etc.)
 Good words (tasty, yummy
delicious, etc)
 Bad words (gross,
Disgusting, terrible, etc.)
Unit of Study: Opinion and Persuasive
Opinion writing about a mentor
Text
Students/teacher choose a book and tell why
they like/dislike it.
http://spaghettibookclub.org/
Examples of Student book reviews - kindergarten
Common Formative Assessment Tasks: Checks for Understanding