Writing opinions

PROCEDURAL

English›Writing Composition|Ages 5—7|ID: mt_91f1XFvGZq

Compose opinion pieces using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic or book and state a preference or opinion about it

Mastery Evidence

“Can [child] write a sentence or two giving their opinion about something — like their favourite book or food — and explain why they feel that way?”

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Writing Process Vocabulary hard
Opinion writing requires knowing the genre term 'opinion' and understanding audience and purpose
Saying Sentences Before Writing Them hard
Oral rehearsal precedes opinion writing
- Describing Aloud soft
  Oral description supports oral rehearsal
  - Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
    Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech
  - Group discussions soft
    Conversational skills support oral description
    - Listening and responding hard
      Listening and responding foundational to conversation
    - Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
      Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints
      - Feeling of not understanding soft
        Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
        
        Asking for Help hard
        Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Building sentences hard
  Need to understand sentences for oral rehearsal
- Writing Process Vocabulary hard
  Oral composition requires vocabulary like 'compose', 'sentence', and 'sequence' to participate meaningfully in the exercise