Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.1.C.1.3
The Standard
Write opinions about a topic or text with at least one supporting reason from a source and a sense of closure.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students state what they think about a topic or text. They use one fact or detail from the source as a reason, then finish with a closing sentence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student writes a clear opinion and supports it with an accurate detail from the source. The response connects the opinion and reason, then ends with a closing sentence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may give a personal reason that does not come from the source. They may retell the source instead of stating an opinion, or stop without a closing sentence.
How to Assess It
- After reading a short class text, give this exit ticket: “What is your opinion about the main character? Use one detail from the text and end with a closing sentence.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
After shared reading, students sort detail cards under two opinion headings, then use one card to write an opinion, reason, and closing.
Ask, “Did the character make a good choice?” Students discuss one page detail, then write their opinion and a closing sentence.
Play Opinion Match by having teams pair opinion cards with source detail cards and explain each match using the word “because.”
Students use a class snack survey chart to write the principal a recommendation supported by one chart fact and a closing sentence.
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Related Standards
- ELA.1.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing facts and a sense of closure.
- ELA.3.C.1.3
Write opinions about a topic or text, include reasons supported by details from one or more sources, use transitions, and provide a conclusion.
- ELA.K.C.1.3
Using a combination of drawing, dictating, and/or writing, express opinions about a topic or text with at least one supporting reason.
- ELA.2.C.1.3
Write opinions about a topic or text with reasons supported by details from a source, use transitions, and provide a conclusion.
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