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Opinion Writing

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It's no secret that children can be very opinionated, but rather than fight against this natural tendency, embrace it with this primary grade writing project. After a shared reading of a children's book about persuasion, young learners walk through the writing process from brainstorming and planning to writing and editing, as they create persuasive letters on a topic of their choosing.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
opinions, opinion writing, persuasion, persuasive arguments, persuasive letters, Persuasive Writing, the writing process, giving speeches, persuasive speeches, parts of a letter, transition words and phrases, linking words, peer editing, punctuation, capitalization
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Additional Tags
english language arts
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Instructional Ideas
  • Add this project to your primary grade writing program
  • Create writing groups that allow children to support each other through the writing process
  • Adjust the pacing of this project to fit your class schedule and meet the needs of your learners
Classroom Considerations
  • The graphic organizers shown in this resource are not printer-friendly, but a quick Internet search will turn up printable versions for your students to use
  • While designed for first grade, this project can easily be adapted for use across the elementary grades
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information
Pros
  • Includes photographs of student work that demonstrate each step in the persuasive writing process
  • A rubric is provided for assessing student writing
  • Offers a list of children's literature that model how to write persuasive letters
Cons
  • None