Opinion and Persuade Language Function Unit | Ocean Pollution

Description

This Opinion and Persuade Unit is full of vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and speaking activities; it’s perfect for building language skills in all four language domains! Many of the activities in this unit focus on protecting Earth and reducing plastic pollution.

Designed with English Learners in mind, this engaging resource would be awesome for an Opinion and Persuade Language Function unit in an ESL classroom!

What’s Included:

Links to videos, articles and online books to support and supplement this unit

Sample Scope/Sequence for planning an Opinion/Persuade Language Function Unit

Sentence Frames to support oral and written language

Vocabulary Cards- great for a word wall

Discussion cards

“Hey, Little Ant” read aloud activity

OREO letters (opinion-reason-example-opinion)

“The Bag” Lesson

OREO graphic organizer

“A Tale of Two Beasts” read aloud activity

Introduction to Persuade using Toy Story

Plastic Pollution – listening/reading activity

Plastic Disaster – viewing/listening activity

Protecting Earth Project Checklist

Protecting Earth Project planning page (differentiated)

Modeled example of project planning page

Modeled example for Protecting the Earth Project

Additional Resources Included:

Fact and Opinion Sort

Pros and Cons topic list

Pros and cons sorts (3), plus a blank page for creating your own topic

Additional graphic organizers for Persuade (2)

Graphics to create a Language Function Bulletin Board

Ocean Pollution Sorts (2) – perfect for level 1 ELLs

Ocean Pollution Project Graphic Organizer

Lesson Plan for a fun lesson (was my observation lesson;)

“What’s Your Opinion?” PowerPoint- great for an introductory lesson or review

Vocabulary and Video Slide- frontload vocabulary prior to viewing an ocean pollution video

OREO Exit Ticket

Editable Slides also Included for…

Fact and Opinion Cards or Word Wall Cards

Discussion Cards

Protecting Earth Project checklist

TONS of resources are included in this unit to provide students of all ELP levels with meaningful opportunities to explore, practice and use the language of opinion and persuade.