Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Practice differentiating between fact and opinion with this set of 24 sorting cards or a Google Slides Interactive activity.
Write a letter to Mr. Groundhog about the weather using this persuasive writing worksheet.
Revise the key structural elements of the persuasive text type with this informal letter.
A 61-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A 61-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A 64-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A 68-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A template for students to plan an argumentative text.
A fun design task to give your students leading up to the holidays.
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their persuasive writing.
Have your students use strong introductory phrases in their persuasive writing.
A sorting activity for low and high modality words.
A worksheet for students to practice using persuasive devices in their writing.
A worksheet for students to practice using persuasive devices in their writing.
A worksheet to help teach students the author’s craft of using personal pronouns in persuasive text.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of using modality words to persuade the reader.
A worksheet to reinforce student knowledge of persuasive devices.
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rhetorical questions.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of emotive language.
A worksheet for students to use to write an opinion composition.
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.
Use these Would You Rather...? question cards in a variety of ways in the writing classroom.
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
An engaging, creative task where students design their own t-shirt promoting the conservation of the Amazon rainforest.
A PEEL paragraph technique poster, explanatory worksheet and graphic organizer.
A sequencing task using a simple opinion text.
A sequencing task using a simple opinion text.
A sequencing task using a simple opinion text.
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their opinion pieces.
A planning template for students to use when writing an opinion paragraph.
A set of 5 sorting activities to use when introducing students to opinion pieces.
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing students to opinion pieces.