Supporting Opinions with Style

• Display the Supporting My Opinion Organizer Teacher Model to illustrate your example.
• Note how each reason (A, B, and C) you gave uses an adjective (completely, so, amazingly) and a descriptive noun (refreshing, sweet, smooth).
• Explain how using adjectives and descriptive nouns adds descriptive style to their sentences.

• Have your class brainstorm a list of adjectives and descriptive nouns on a poster size T-chart.
• Ask class volunteers for additional reasons to like chocolate Ice cream, using an adjective and a descriptive noun.
• List the class’ additional reasons on a pre-prepped poster version of Supporting Opinions with Style chart with “I love chocolate ice cream” written in the opinion section.
• Show how the Supporting Opinions with Style Organizer teacher model and class models are mapped out, using the poster version.

• Arrange your students in pairs or groups of three.
• Tell your class that they will be writing an opinion and supporting sentences with descriptive style.
• Explain your class work time rules and expectations.
• Answer any clarifying questions about the assignment.
• Tell your students to start working.

Enrichment:

• Challenge these students to use varied sentence starters for their opinion sentence. Examples include: "I adore chocolate..." "My fantasy dessert is chocolate..." "Chocolate ice cream is simply the best because…"
• Write their sentences in paragraph form.

Support:

• Refer students to the Opinions with Style Organizer teacher model, class model and T-chart listing of adjectives and descriptive nouns as they decide on which adjectives and descriptive nouns to use.

Document projectors may greatly enhance presentations for providing poster-sized versions of lesson support materials.

• Walk around during student work time to ask your students leading questions. Great examples include: "What other adjectives might work here?" "Do you think this is the best descriptive noun?"
• As you check in with students, look to see that they are using adjectives, descriptive nouns, and complete sentences.
• Time for assessment is embedded into independent work time and review and closing.

• Have student volunteers to share their Opinion Writing Topic Sentence Organizers.
• Ask your students to volunteer feedback on student presentation strengths and examples of descriptive style.
• An example of a positive feedback sentence starter could be, "I really enjoyed how you..." or "I like how you showed descriptive style when you..."
• Answer any clarifying questions.
• Collect finished work.