The four skills of language learning

What are the 4 basic language skills?

The four basic language skills are listening skills, speaking skills and
reading skills and writing skills. LSRW

Writing is the process of using words to communicate your thoughts

and ideas in a written form.

Opinion Writing
Opinion – A person’s thoughts, feelings or beliefs about something.
Opinions tell us what someone believes.
They are based on people's own personal judgements
and attitudes.An opinion has no proof and can change
from person to person.

similar words:

attitude, belief, conviction, feeling, idea, impression, judgme

nt, perception, understanding, viewpoint

Opinions tell us what someone believes.

They are based on people's own personal judgements
and attitudes.An opinion has no proof and can change
from person to person.

Facts are things that are true.

They are based on evidence and can be proved.A fact
cannot change from person to person
An opinion is your personal choice or feeling about
something It's what you like or think.

OREO Opinion Writing

A mnemonic is a memory aid for something, often taking the
form of a rhyme or an acronym.
 EG. VIBGYOR

A very popular way to structure opinion pieces for students

is using an OREO structure.
 Opinion – how do you feel about the topic?
 Reason – give reasons/information to support your opinion
 Evidence – give extra details/examples to support your
opinion
 Opinion -restate your opinion

Intoduction

1.The topic sentence introduces what you are writing about.

Reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Conclusion restates the topic sentence and wraps up your

writing.
YOU SHOULD USE ATLEAST 3 POSSIBLE REASONS
A hook is an opening statement (which is usually the first
sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's
attention so that they want to read on. It can be done by
using a few different types of hooks, which are a question,
quote, statistic, or anecdote.
 Fact:
Caterpillars turn into
butterflies and moths.
butterflies and moths.
Fact:
Caterpillars turn into
butterflies and moths.