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title: "1.T.T.3: Opinion Techniques Overview (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 1.T.T.3: Opinion Techniques Overview

Identify and use opinion techniques to shape understanding.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 1, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-1.md

## Expectations

- **1.T.T.3.a**: Identify techniques used to craft opinion texts, including the author’s opinion and supporting reasons. (I)
- **1.T.T.3.b**: This progression begins in 9th grade.
- **1.T.T.3.c**: Use knowledge of opinion techniques to create opinion pieces that introduce the topic, state an opinion about the topic, and provide two or more reasons to support the opinion with linking words *and* and *because*. (C)
- **1.T.T.3.d**: This progression begins in 9th grade.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

## The same standard across grades

- Kindergarten, K.T.T.3: **Opinion Techniques** Identify and use opinion techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.T.3.md
- **Grade 1, 1.T.T.3 (this standard)**: **Opinion Techniques** Identify and use opinion techniques to shape understanding.
- Grade 2, 2.T.T.3: **Opinion Techniques** Identify and use opinion techniques to shape understanding. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.T.3.md
- Grade 3, 3.T.T.3: **Opinion Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use opinion techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.T.3.md
- Grade 4, 4.T.T.3: **Opinion Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use opinion techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.3.md
- Grade 5, 5.T.T.3: **Opinion Techniques** Explain, analyze, and use opinion techniques to shape understandings. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.T.3.md
- Grade 6, 6.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Analyze and apply argumentative techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.T.3.md
- Grade 7, 7.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Analyze and apply argumentative techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.3.md
- Grade 8, 8.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Analyze and apply argumentative techniques. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.T.3.md
- Grade 9, 9.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Evaluate and apply argumentative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.T.3.md
- Grade 10, 10.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Evaluate and apply argumentative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.T.3.md
- Grade 11, 11.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Evaluate and apply argumentative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.T.3.md
- Grade 12, 12.T.T.3: **Argumentative Techniques** Evaluate and apply argumentative techniques to enhance text’s appeal to audiences or achieve specific purposes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.T.3.md

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.