Taking a Side: Opinion Writing with Reasons: Reading Unit 7, Grade 5 (Letters & Devotion)

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Taking a Side: Opinion Writing with Reasons is Unit 7 of Reading Closely, Writing Clearly: Grade 5 English Language Arts (Grade 5), the Letters & Devotion Reading course, complete in one printable PDF: 8 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 40 pages.

• An opinion claim written as a complete sentence
• The distinction between a claim, a reason, and evidence
• The link between one reason and one piece of supporting evidence
• Linking words that connect reasons to evidence
• The sequence of reasons within an opinion essay
• A concluding statement that follows from the argument
• The strength of the link between reason and evidence across two arguments built from identical facts
• A five-paragraph opinion essay structure

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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