ALEX Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (3) 5 :

5. Express ideas, opinions, and feelings orally in a logical sequence clearly, accurately, and precisely, using appropriate volume, clear pronunciation, and standard English grammar.

Students will decipher between a fact and an opinion. They will do a warm-up activity to help them brainstorm things they like or dislike.  The teacher will highlight keywords to use when discussing opinions.

This resource was created in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (3) 5 :

5. Express ideas, opinions, and feelings orally in a logical sequence clearly, accurately, and precisely, using appropriate volume, clear pronunciation, and standard English grammar.

[ELA2021] (3) 38 :

38. Compose and develop a well-organized paragraph with a topic sentence, details to support, and a concluding sentence.

The students will listen to a read-aloud of "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs," and jot down opinion sentences they hear as they listen. They will learn how to write strong introductions and conclusions for their paragraphs. They will write a paragraph summarizing the wolf's opinions in the book.

This resource was created in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (3) 5 :

5. Express ideas, opinions, and feelings orally in a logical sequence clearly, accurately, and precisely, using appropriate volume, clear pronunciation, and standard English grammar.

[ELA2021] (3) 38 :

38. Compose and develop a well-organized paragraph with a topic sentence, details to support, and a concluding sentence.

Students will share opinions on topics digitally by using mentimeter.com. They will orally share opinions with a partner as they brainstorm reasons they hold the particular opinion. Students will choose from a given list of prompts to provide them with a topic for their opinion writing paragraph. They will use a graphic organizer to plan their writing for the opinion paragraph.

This resource was created in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (3) 4 :

4. Ask and answer questions using complete sentences and grade-level vocabulary.

[ELA2021] (3) 5 :

5. Express ideas, opinions, and feelings orally in a logical sequence clearly, accurately, and precisely, using appropriate volume, clear pronunciation, and standard English grammar.

[ELA2021] (3) 26 :

26. Use text comparisons (text to text, text to self, and text to world) to make meaning.

a. Use prior knowledge to determine similarities between texts they are reading and texts they have previously read.

b. Compare different versions of the same story.

How does the story connect to your own life, another text you have read, or the world around you? In this lesson, students will make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections after reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Students gain a deeper understanding of a text when they make authentic connections. After reading the novel, the instructor introduces and models the strategy of making connections. After sharing and discussing connections, students choose and plan a project that makes a personal connection to the text.

This lesson uses In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson as an example, but this activity is effective with any work of literature in which connections are important.