Mount Mozzarella

Mount Mozzarella

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DISCUSS:
Which character would you choose and why?
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DISCUSS:
How do you think Pepper could travel around these worlds?
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Get your supplies.
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In today’s lesson, you’ll need someone to share ideas with. This could
be a partner or someone you sit near. When everyone knows who
theirtalk partner is, move on to the next step.
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Get your Mountain World and Mount Mozzarella worksheet.
Write your name.
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Discuss with a partner: Do you think Pepper should travel through
this world by zip line? How would it make the game feel?
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Discuss with a partner: Do you think Pepper should travel through
this world by yak? How would it make the game feel?
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Get your Mountain World worksheet and find where it says Opinion.
Check a box. Once you have checked your answer, give a silent
thumbs up.
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Check a box for how you think it would make the game feel or you
can add your own word.
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Find the first sentence on your Mountain World worksheet.
Use what you checked off to finish the sentence.
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Find the next sentence on your Mountain World worksheet.
Use what you checked off to finish your sentence.
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Get your Mount Mozzarella worksheet. Copy the first sentence
starting at the pizza icon. When you’re done, give a silent thumbs up.
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Copy your second sentence. You can continue writing where you left
off. When you’re done, give a silent thumbs up.
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It’s time to check your writing! Read through your writing and make
changes if you need to.
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Take turns sharing your writing with your partner. You can make
changes if you want.
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Get your Mountain World worksheet. Turn your worksheet around
and cut along the dashed lines.
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Cut out only the two boxes you checked and place in your keep pile.
Add any scraps to your scrap pile.
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Look at your Mount Mozzarella worksheet. Take your glue stick and
put glue on the section that says “Glue opinion here.” Then put what
you chose and press down.
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Take your glue stick again and put glue on the section that says
“Glue reason here”. Put the reason you chose in this box and
press down. When you’re done, you can color this part of your map.
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The papers shown on the screen are VIPs: Very Important Papers!
Your teacher will tell you where to put them so you will have them
for the next lesson.
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Lesson details

Grade 2

Opinion

Drafting and Revising

Students will...

Print Prep
  • gather information.

  • form an opinion.

  • use sentence frames with linking words to write a reason to support the opinion.

Before this lesson...

  • If you’d like to assess learning during this unit, you might like to try the optional Pre-Assessment first.

  • If students are new to the opinion genre, we recommend teaching the Intro to Opinion Writing lesson before starting this unit.
Mountain World worksheet 1 per student
Mount Mozzarella worksheet 1 per student
Pizza Quest: Sample Responses teacher-only resource 1 per class
Coloring supplies
4 per student
Glue Sticks
1 per student
Scissors
1 per student
Prep Instructions

We suggest teachers make sure each student has a designated location (such as a folder) to store papers between lessons.

Some worksheets in this unit will be used across multiple lessons. These worksheets are labeled as VIPs (Very Important Papers).

We recommend reviewing student maps either during this lesson or after this lesson to check for school appropriateness.

Standards

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Introduction

5 mins

Writing Activity

40 mins

Lesson details

Grade 2

Opinion

Drafting and Revising

Extend this lesson

Video

Video

How are video games made?

Activity

Activity

interview a family member about interesting ways they have seen people travel around the world. Talk about which one they like the most and why.
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