Stories, opinions and how-tos: K to 2nd reading & writing
Narrative, opinion and how-to pieces. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: narrative, opinion and how-to pieces.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: what do you already know about stories, opinions and how-tos?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: stories, opinions and how-tos.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Make: Make a story with Peabody (https://peabody.kids/make)
- Make: Get a story idea (https://peabody.kids/story-idea-generator)
- Play: Order words (https://peabody.kids/words/c2-sequence-words)
- Print: Writing prompts (https://teach.peabody.kids/prompts)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about stories, opinions and how-tos, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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