Lesson Plan
Class Pets
Have your students been begging for a class pet? Combine opinion letter writing with science as your students try to convince you to get the PERFECT class pet.
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to write opinion letters in which they introduce the topic, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
- Students will be able to recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer questions about a pet's basic needs.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Tell students that several people have asked about having a class pet, but have suggested different animals.
- Tell students that their pleas reminded you of a story called I Wanna Iguana.
- Explain to students that the main character, Alex, wants to have a pet iguana but his mother is not convinced it would be a good idea. Alex writes her a series of letters to change her mind.
- Explain to the students that next you are going to read the book I Wanna Iguana and you want them to listen for the reasons Alex gives to convince his mother to get an iguana.