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Opinion Writing ActivityOpinion Writing Activity
Publisher
Bermingham City Schools
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Grade
1st - 3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Activities & Projects
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Duration
14 days
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Collaborative Learning
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Projection
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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

Additional Tags

english language arts

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

Common Core

W.1.1 W.1.5 W.2.1 W.2.5 W.3.1.a W.3.5 SL.1.4 SL.1.6 SL.2.4 SL.2.6 SL.3.4 SL.3.6 L.1.2.a L.2.2.a L.3.2.a

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