Game on! Pupils take their end-of-unit assessment, writing an opinion paragraph about the importance of sports in American culture. To support their opinions, they use evidence from the informational articles they've read throughout the unit. 

Concepts

sports, opinions, textual evidence, supporting evidence, informational texts, opinion writing

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide sentence frames and a word bank for English learners
• Have students research which sports are important in other cultures

Classroom Considerations

• Final lesson from the seven-part Grade 5 ELA Module 3A, Unit 1 series
  

Pros

• Includes a simple rubric to assess writing
• Offers differentiation strategies

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.5.1.a W.5.1.b W.5.9.b