3.12.C
ELA3rd GradeThe student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
The Standard
compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students state a clear opinion or claim and support it with logical reasons and relevant examples. They organize the writing with an opening, linking words, and a conclusion.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students write a clear claim and organize their ideas for a specific audience. They support the claim with relevant reasons and examples, use linking words, and end with a conclusion.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may state a preference but give no reasons. They may repeat the same reason, confuse examples with reasons, or leave out a conclusion.
How to Assess It
- Ask: “Should third graders have more recess?” Students write a claim, two different reasons, one supporting example, and a concluding sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups sentence strips labeled claim, reason, evidence, and conclusion, then have them arrange the strips into a logical opinion essay.
Ask students to discuss and write: “Which class read aloud should we choose next, and why?”
Play Reason or Evidence by reading cards aloud while students hold up the matching label and explain their choice.
Have students write the principal a letter proposing one realistic school improvement, supported by two reasons and specific examples.
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