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lesson 1
1 hour

Reading Opinion Pieces, Part1: Determining Authors’ Opinions


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This lesson launches students into their performance task by having them read an opinion letter written from the perspective of the main character, William Barton, from the play Divided Loyalties (read in Unit 2). Students will learn how authors support their points through reasons and evidence (RI.4.8) by reading these texts and then will reread these same letters as mentor texts later in the unit as they work to craft their own opinion pieces for their performance task, an American Revolution Broadside (W.4.1).

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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 4 Module 3B, Unit 3, Lesson 1. Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-4-module-3b-unit-3-lesson-1; accessed 2015-05-29. Newer versions may exist from Expeditionary Learning.
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