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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Level 4, Build Strong Sentences, Paragraphs, and Opinions

Link Opinion, Reasons, and Conclusion

Organize an opinion piece using linking words/phrases and a conclusion that follows from the opinion and reasons.

How the lesson starts: Link Opinion, Reasons, and Conclusion

1. The Opinion Express

   All aboard! Conductor Priya the panda runs the Opinion Express. Her train carries one big opinion. But the cars keep rolling apart! She needs linking words to hook them together.

2. Links that fit

   Some linking words add a reason, like also and another reason is. Some wrap it up, like so and that is why. Words like yesterday and suddenly tell when something happened. They do not link reasons at all!

3. Let's pick Also or So

   Pandas are fun to watch. Blank, they teach us about nature. This adds one more reason, so the word is Also. Now this one. Pandas are fun, and they teach us. Blank, our zoo should have a panda cam. This wraps it up, so the word is So.