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First, plain cheese pizza tastes great.
Next, plain cheese pizza is a safe choice. Most kids will eat it.
Last, you can taste the pizza, not just the topping
Illustration by Tom Garrett (Art); Shutterstock.com (All Other Images)
What Is the Best Pizza Topping?
Ella likes plain cheese. Evan likes pepperoni. What do you think?
From the September 2021 Issue
Plain Cheese!
Pepperoni!
Illustration by Tom Garrett (Art); Shutterstock.com (All Other Images)
First, plain cheese pizza is boring.
Also, pepperoni makes pizza taste better.
Last, pepperoni makes pizza look better. It’s fun to make a smiley face with it!
Activities
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Skills Activities
Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
1. PREPARING TO READ
Have students preview the text features. Ask:
- What is the topic of the debate? (Prompt students to use the debate title and the picture as clues.)
- What are the two opinions people might have about this topic?
2. READING THE DEBATE
- Read the debate as a class or divide the class into groups.
- You can also have students read the debate as partners, with each student reading one side aloud.
3. DISCUSSING
As a class or in groups, have students discuss:
- Which opinion do you think makes the most sense?
- What is your opinion? What information or argument helped you form your opinion?
4. WRITING
- Pass out our opinion-writing printable (available in your Resources tab). Ask students to write their opinion in the top section.
- Then students can underline three points in the debate that back up their opinion.
- Last, they can complete our printable to show what their opinion is.
Text-to-Speech