Description
This writer’s workshop unit has everything you need to introduce and develop opinion writing in your classroom!
This unit includes:
*10 step by step lessons to teach opinion writing. Each lesson includes a mini lesson, independent writing, and shared writing. Anchor chart pieces, mini-anchor charts for students’ writer’s notebooks, conferencing labels and sticky notes, goal setting pages are included.
Mini lessons include:
*What is opinion writing?
*Linking opinions with reasons
*Determining your own opinion about a topic
*Writing an introduction and hooking your reader
*Parts of opinion writing
*Using transition words, phrases, and clauses
*Using facts to support your opinion
*Strengthening your argument
*Writing a call to action
*Writing a strong conclusion
*FIVE extra mini lessons included: capitalization rules, subject-verb agreement, adjective order, verb tenses, and a standards based opinion writing checklist.
*EIGHT classroom posters included.
*Revising and editing tools include helpful bookmarks, labels to keep tools such as colored pencils and highlighters, and spider legs for students to use while revising.
*A personal spelling dictionary to keep track of easily misspelled words.
*Labels for student folders: students name, what I’m working on, and writing tools.
*Paper for published work: 20 lined pages with 20 coordinated unlined pages for writing and illustrations of published work.
*Student friendly rubric based on grades 3-5 CCCS standards and I Can Statements.
*Bulletin board letters: In Our Opinion and #ouropinioncounts
*Binder cover, spines, dividers to keep all your pages organized
Click here to check out the growing bundle of writer’s workshop units that also includes:
*Launching Writing Worshop
*Personal Narrative Writing
*Persuasive Writing
*Expository Writing
*Imaginative Writing
*Procedural Writing
*Descriptive Writing
If you have any questions, please email me at jen@twolittlebirdsteaching.com.
Katie W –
Great
Patty Jo Glatz –
Great resource to use with my students to help with writing.
Tonya K. –
Helped me to plan out opinion/argument unit!
The Dedicated Classroom –
Love this! I didn’t know where to start with opinion writing since this is my first year doing a writing workshop. This step by step guide will be awesome! Thank you! So many resources are included on top of just the opinion writing lessons.
Tee’s Teaching Treasures –
Great unit!
Jennifer C. –
Thank you
A Perfect Plan –
These are the best lessons!
Kyle R. –
Excellent
Easygoing Edventures –
I love how extensive this product is. I am using this for my extended maternity leave and I need to do nothing. I am so glad I have found this. It has taken a huge weight off my shoulders.
Alicia K –
This is such a great unit! Thanks!
Alissa L. –
Thank you!!
Magical Adventures and More –
Great product for teaching opinion writing!
Kidd Lit –
Teaching writing is one of my weaker points as a teacher- this resource was FANTASTIC! You saved my bacon.
Kim Youmans at Coffee Loving Teacher –
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Erin M. –
Very impressed with this writing unit! I will be using it in January.
Catherine G. –
Great resource!
Melissa D. –
Great resource
Cheryl R. –
Great resource! Kids loved it!