Opinion Writing Lesson 11

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  1. Hey, everybody, welcome back to opinion writing.
  2. This is less than 11.
  3. And if you haven't already, go ahead and grab your
  4. opinion writing packet and let's jump right in with today's
  5. mentor text.
  6. This one is titled The Theater is the best place
  7. to watch a movie.
  8. Go ahead and pause the video and read this essay.
  9. And when you are ready, come back and join me.
  10. Okay, I want you to do something here.
  11. Go back and re read Paragraph five.
  12. In fact.
  13. Here. Weaken, Weaken, Do it together.
  14. Here it says you might be thinking a movie theater
  15. is too expensive.
  16. What is the author doing here?
  17. What do you notice that's different about this reason than
  18. their previous reasons?
  19. Yeah, What they've done here is taken a consideration, an
  20. opposing opinion, somebody who would disagree with their opinion and
  21. a reason they might give in this case, The person
  22. who disagrees thinks that maybe a movie theater is too
  23. expensive, so they address that right.
  24. They say you might be thinking that a movie theater
  25. is too expensive.
  26. It's true that tickets and snacks can be a bit
  27. pricey. That being said, it is still a family activity
  28. that is less expensive than an amusement park or a
  29. nice restaurant.
  30. So what they've done here is take that opposing opinion
  31. into consideration and come up with a reason why it's
  32. still a good idea.
  33. And let's practice this a little bit.
  34. Open up to this anchor chart here in your writing
  35. packet says opposing opinion.
  36. And you need to ask yourself Who would disagree with
  37. your opinion, and why would they disagree with it?
  38. How can you argue that they're wrong?
  39. Or that your opinion is still a good idea?
  40. So we'll do this first one here together.
  41. The opinion is, our cafeteria needs to serve Chick fil
  42. A for lunch.
  43. Well, who might?
  44. I think that's a bad idea.
  45. Maybe parents, right?
  46. Maybe parents and And so what would their opinion be?
  47. Their opposing opinion would be the Chick Fil A is
  48. a fast food and not healthy for kids.
  49. So how are we going to come up with our
  50. reason or our argument that they're wrong?
  51. Or that our idea is still a good idea?
  52. You can look a little something like this.
  53. Some people argue that Chick fil A is just a
  54. fast food and not healthy.
  55. However, check the lay offers some healthier grilled chicken options.
  56. So do you see what we did there?
  57. We took that opposing opinion.
  58. Put it out there.
  59. Put it right out there.
  60. Now, if somebody doesn't just have to think it, you
  61. can say you know what?
  62. We've thought of that, too.
  63. And here's why.
  64. It's still a good idea.
  65. So at this point, if you want to, you can
  66. posit video.
  67. Try to do this second line on your own or
  68. when you're ready.
  69. You can do it with me here.
  70. Next opinion says our family should take a camping vacation
  71. to Yellowstone National Park.
  72. Now, what I'm going to do is use the opposing
  73. opinion of the parent, okay?
  74. And whips jump back in here.
  75. The parent might say something like this.
  76. Well, vacations are too expensive.
  77. Okay, so I'm going to address that.
  78. I'm gonna put it out there.
  79. I can hear you saying, Ah, vacation is too expensive.
  80. Well, it doesn't have to be.
  81. We can bring our own food so that we don't
  82. have to eat out.
  83. Plus, there is so much to do that is free
  84. or cheap, Like hiking or visiting the parks Museums.
  85. Do you see how that works?
  86. All right, Now it's your turn.
  87. What I want you to do is go back to
  88. your essay.
  89. If you already have three reasons, edit one.
  90. If you only have two reasons you need to add
  91. one that takes the opposing opinion into consideration.
  92. If I had the opinion that we should have a
  93. second recess during the day, who would oppose that?
  94. Probably parents.
  95. Right. You can say I know what you're thinking.
  96. A second recesses.
  97. Just less time for instruction and we were not going
  98. to learn as much.
  99. But consider this.
  100. When we take a recess, we exercise more.
  101. It wakes up our bodies, it wakes up our minds
  102. and what we learned afterwards we retain so much more.
  103. We learn that much better.
  104. That makes sense.
  105. Go into your essay editor reason or add a reason.
  106. Do this now and I'll see you the next one.