Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.C
Description:
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic; include illustrations and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
E04.E.1.1.2 - Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.D
Description:
Group related information in paragraphs and sections, linking ideas within categories of information using words and phrases; provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
E04.E.1.1.1 -Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
E04.E.1.1.3 Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because)
E04.E.1.1.5 Provide a concluding statement or section related to the analysis presented
Standard:
Literacy.W.4.2b
Description:
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.I
Description:
Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
E04.E.1.1.2 - Develop the analysis using a variety of evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences.
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.J
Description:
Create an organizational structure that includes related ideas grouped to support the writer’s purpose and linked in a logical order with a concluding statement or section related to the opinion.
E04.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
E04.E.1.1.3 - Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because)
E04.E.1.1.5 - Provide a concluding statement or section related to the analysis presented
4th Grade Writing - Developing Opinions and Topics Lesson
Good writers develop, or explain, their ideas in a text. For example, they give reasons that support and explain their opinions. They also share facts and details about the topic and the ideas in the text.
Here are some ways writers develop an opinion or a topic in a passage:
Define the topic
Give facts and details about a topic or opinion
Compare a new idea with an idea the reader already knows
4th Grade Writing - Developing Opinions and Topics Lesson