Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.2.C.1.3
The Standard
Write opinions about a topic or text with reasons supported by details from a source, use transitions, and provide a conclusion.
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 a clear opinion about a text or topic. They give reasons, support each reason with a source detail, connect ideas with transition words, and end with a clear conclusion.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student states an opinion in the opening, gives at least two reasons, and matches source details to those reasons. The writing uses transitions and closes by restating the opinion without adding a new reason.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often list preferences instead of explaining why, or give reasons the source does not support. They may copy source sentences without explaining the connection, repeat one transition, or add a new reason in the conclusion.
How to Assess It
- Give students a six-sentence passage about school gardens. Ask, “Should our school plant a garden? Write your opinion, two reasons with passage details, two transitions, and a closing sentence.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs opinion, reason, and evidence cards from a short article; have them build two matching chains and explain each match.
After reading a class text, ask, “Which character made the better choice, and which two details prove your view?”
Play Transition Toss: students draw because, also, for example, or therefore cards and revise a sentence using the drawn word.
Write a note to the principal recommending one new playground item, using facts from a price and safety chart.
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Related Standards
- 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.1.C.1.3
Write opinions about a topic or text with at least one supporting reason from a source and a sense of closure.
- ELA.3.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic, using one or more sources, providing an introduction, facts and details, some elaboration, transitions, and a conclusion.
- ELA.2.C.1.4
Write expository texts about a topic, using a source, providing an introduction, facts, transitions, and a conclusion.
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