Students can compose an editorial or classroom debate based on the information on the chart. 2. Students can compose an
Opinion-Proof
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Strategy:
Opinion-Proof
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Type of Strategy:
Comprehension
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Type of Text:
Nonfiction
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Grade Level:
5
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Type of Learner:
Strategic, Proficient, Advanced
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Purpose of Using Strategy: Opinion-Proof strategy transfers students’ opinion into proven ideas, concepts, and facts derived from text. (see Attachment I for an example).
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Steps: 1. Student Pairs set up two columns on notebook paper (only 1 piece of paper) for an Opinion-Proof chart (see Attachment II for blackline master). 2. Students label left column “Opinion” and right column “Proof.” 3. Teacher provides students with an opinion to write in the left column. 4. Using RallyTable, Student A reads and finds evidence to support his/her opinion and records findings under the “proof” column. Student B reads and finds evidence to support his/her opinion and records findings under the “proof” column. Students continue until the teacher calls time. 5. Using RoundRobin Student 1 shares his/her “proof”. Student 2 shares his/her “proof”. Student 3 shares his/her “proof”. Student 4 shares his/her “proof”. 6. Students use opinion charts to write individual persuasive essays.
VIII. Tips: 1. Students can compose an editorial or classroom debate based on the information on the chart. 2. Students can compose an editorial or classroom debate based on this chart. IX.
Resources: www.Readingquest.org
Attachment I
Opinion - Proof Opinion President Truman was justified in resorting to the use of the atomic bomb in the final days of World War II.
Proof The Japanese government and military had committed to fight to the last man. The alternative to atomic bombing was an invasion of Japan, which would have resulted in enormous numbers of casualties among U.S. troops. The United States was in a race to develop atomic weapons and had no idea whether or if the Japanese were also developing their own weapons of mass destruction. A continuation of the war indefinitely would cost untold thousands of military and civilian deaths on both sides of the fighting. A continuation of the war indefinitely would continue to drain the resources of the United States and the other Allied Powers. A continuation of the war indefinitely would further delay efforts to rebuild the war-torn nations.
