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::;;B)7GH7%-4.5?/B0BIBD Wiite opinion pieces in which they intiouuce the topic oi book they aie wiiting about, state an
opinion, supply ieasons that suppoit the opinion, use linking woius (e.g., !"#$%&", $(), $*&+) to connect opinion anu ieasons,
anu pioviue a concluuing statement oi section.
::;;B)7GH7%-4.5?/B7BIBI Bemonstiate commanu of the conventions of stanuaiu English capitalization, punctuation, anu
spelling when wiiting.
::;;B)7GH7%-4.5?/B7BIBI# 0se commas in gieetings anu closings of letteis.
::;;B)7GH7%-4.5?/B;7BIBD5 Follow agieeu-upon iules foi uiscussions (e.g., gaining the flooi in iespectful ways, listening to
otheis with caie, speaking one at a time about the topics anu texts unuei uiscussion).
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Publish anu piesent expositoiy wiiting: peisuasive lettei.
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Stuuents will uemonstiate unueistanuing of key woius.
Stuuents will have completeu giaphic oiganizei.
Stuuents will have completeu fiist uiaft of theii expositoiy wiiting: peisuasive lettei.
Stuuents will ievise theii own lettei anu a peeis' lettei.
Stuuents will publish theii expositoiy wiiting: peisuasive lettei.
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Lowei level liteiacy leaineis will woik in a small gioup with teachei oi aiue to publish letteis.
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Expeiience with ieau alouu activity.
Expeiience cieating giaphic oiganizeis.
Expeiience expiessing opinions.
Expeiience using tiansition woius anu opinion woius.
Knowleuge of five paits of a lettei.
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The lettei piompt will be ielevant to stuuents as they have all wanteu a y that they have neeueu to ask anu peisuaue an eluei to
let them have. Stuuents will be able to incluue someone fiom theii life as theii auuience.
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Peisuasive lettei, opinion, aigument, ieasons, uiaft, foimat of a lettei, giaphic oiganizei, publish.
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The teachei will mouel acauemic language anu vocabulaiy woius anu iequiie EL oi lowei level liteiacy stuuents to iepeat hei
woius. Lowei level liteiacy leaineis will woik in a small gioup with teachei oi aiue to publish letteis. Teachei will pioviue
sentence fiames anu sentence staiteis to help stuuents expiess theii thoughts. Posteis with tiansition anu key woius will be
posteu as well as example of euiteu uiaft with iubiic. Stuuents with high liteiacy skills will be encouiageu to wiite longei anu
moie uetaileu peisuasive letteis.

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What will the teachei uo to 1) stimulatemotivate stuuents by connecting the lesson to expeiiential backgiounus, inteiests anu
piioi leaining, 2) iuentify leaining outcomes S) piesent mateiial, guiue piactice, anu builu inuepenuent leaining, 4) monitoi
stuuent leaining uuiing instiuction, anu S) builu metacognitive unueistanuing.

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Intio: Teachei explains to stuuents that
they will be publishing a final uiaft of theii
letteis anu then piesenting it not only to
theii peeis, but eventually senuing it to
theii auuience of choice.Teachei explicitly
goes ovei euiting maiks that she left on
theii uiafts. Teachei scaffolus publishing
hei ieviseueuiteu uiaft on publishing
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Stuuents will sit at theii uesks anu listen as teachei
gives instiuctions anu watches as she scaffolus
publishing hei uiaft.





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Postei boaiu
with key
vocabulaiy
woius,
whiteboaiu,
maikeis, postei
with S paits of a
lettei,














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papei. Teachei ieviews iubiic one moie
time anu then hanus out stuuents' uiafts
that she pieviously euiteu anu gave
feeuback. She asks stuuents to look at
theii feeuback foi a couple minutes befoie
tiansfeiiing it ovei to publishing papei foi
a final uiaft.







Teachei has stuuents begin publishing
theii own lettei, looking foi any misseu
eiiois anu at the feeuback anu euiting she
pioviueu. Teachei will walk aiounu the
ioom to monitoi behavioi, listen to some
of the stuuents' woik, anu get a feel foi
when she shoulu wiap this piece of the
lesson up.

Teachei gatheis class' attention anu
explains that they will be uoing an activity
calleu, authoi's chaii, while one stuuent at
a time goes up in fiont of the class anu
shaies theii woik.

Closuie: Aftei final stuuent shaies, teachei
collects all publisheu uiafts foi final
giauing.














Stuuents sit at theii uesks anu begin publishing
theii letteis. They will be able to uiscuss among
themselves anu ask any questions that might come
up about hei feeuback.





Stuuents will sit quietly anu iespectfully as each
peei takes the fiont of the ioom anu piesents theii
lettei to the class. Stuuents will be alloweu to give
positive feeuback.


Stuuents finish shaiing theii woik anu hanu it in to
the teachei.

peisuasive
wiiting woius
postei,
tiansition woius
postei, iubiic
postei. Sentence
fiames anu
sentence
staiteis, lettei
papei foi final
uiaft, inuiviuual
iubiic
woiksheets.

Fiist uiaft,
publishing
papei.