CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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For and Against Worksheets
Explore 'for' and 'against' arguments for five different topics with this set of 'for' and 'against' sorting activities.
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Opinion Sentence Starters Bulletin Display
Help your students begin their opinion writing with a strong sentence starter.
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Opinion Writing Teaching Slides
Teach your students about the structure and language features of opinion texts with an interactive teaching slide deck.
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Valentine's Day Opinion Writing - Resource Pack
Write some really “sweet” Valentine’s Day essays with our differentiated Opinion Writing Essay pack.
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Save Tom - Disguise a Turkey Persuasive Writing Prompt
A fun Thanksgiving writing activity to use with your students.
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Persuasive Writing Activity - Dear Mr Groundhog
Write a letter to Mr. Groundhog about the weather using this persuasive writing worksheet.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 2
A 72-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 1
A 70-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 4
Help your 4th-grade students "bump up" their persuasive writing with this bulletin board display.
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Stick Person Graphic Organizer
A simple and effective graphic organizer that can be used for a wide range of purposes including note taking, mind mapping, and planning writing responses.
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Persuasive Planning Template – Castle
Plan a persuasive text with this castle planning template.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 4
A 66-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Persuasive Text Worksheet
Revise the key structural elements of the persuasive text type with this informal letter.
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Assessment Rubric - Opinion Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' opinion writing.
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Simple Opinion Pieces - Writing Scaffold
A simple scaffolding worksheet to use when writing opinion pieces.
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Improving Opinion Texts Worksheets
3 pieces of text for students to rewrite in order to make them more persuasive.
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Opinion Text Planning Template (Using OREO)
Use the OREO opinion writing frames to support your student's opinion writing skills.
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Opinion Texts Writing Scaffold
A one page scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an opinion text.
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Opinion Text Writing Prompts - Complete Set
A set of 5 opinion writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - All Families Should Own a Pet
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - Outdoor Play is Better Than Indoor Play
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Sports Themed Writing Prompts
Ten sports themed writing prompts for the middle and upper grades.
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Discussion Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about discussions, including an annotated example.
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Sequencing Activity - Dogs Make the Best Pets (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Sequencing Activity - Homework is Unnecessary (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Developing Opinion Writing Skills Unit Plan - Grade 3 and Grade 4
This English unit addresses the genre of opinion writing; specifically, how to write a well-structured opinion piece.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an opinion piece, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Using an Opinion Prompt - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a writing prompt and scaffolding sheet to write an opinion piece in pairs.
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Constructing an Opinion Paragraph Using OREO
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use the correct paragraph structure when writing an opinion piece.
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Opinion Piece - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of an opinion piece.
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Opinion Piece - Organizational Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the organizational structure of an opinion piece.