ELAR 5.12(C)
compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and
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Opinion Sentence Starters Poster
Use this opinion starter sentences poster to help your students write strong sentences for their persuasive texts.
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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 5 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 2
An 85-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 5
Help your 5th-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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Grade 5 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 4
An 84-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Grade 5 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 3
A 82-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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TEEL Paragraph Structure - Poster and Worksheets
A PEEL paragraph technique poster, explanatory worksheet and graphic organizer.
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Daily Writing Prompts Calendars - Upper Grades
Inspire your students and encourage them to write regularly with a set of printable Daily Writing Prompts in calendar format!
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Opinion Prompt Cards – Set 2
Practice writing opinion or persuasive text with this set of 20 topic cards.
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Writing a Speech Poster
A poster highlighting the main parts to a speech.
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Persuasive Essay Structure Sorting Worksheet
Teach your students about persuasive essay structure with this cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet.
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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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Persuasive Writing Template Pack
Download this persuasive planning template pack that helps upper elementary students organize their ideas clearly and confidently as they prepare to write well‑structured persuasive texts.
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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 - City Life is Better Than Country Life
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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Choose Your Own Destiny - Writing Template
Students use a template to help them write stories with alternative pathways for their friends to read.
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Discussion Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about discussions, including an annotated example.
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Writing an Opinion Piece Unit Plan - Grade 5 and Grade 6
This English unit addresses the genre of opinion writing; specifically, how to write an effective opinion piece.
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Opinion Speeches - Constructing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct an opinion speech using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.
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Shared Writing - Opinion Letters
A 60 minute lesson in which students will write an opinion letter using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.
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Modeled Writing - Improving an Opinion Piece
A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve an opinion piece by applying knowledge of appropriate language features and devices.
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Constructing an Opinion Paragraph
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use correct paragraph structure.
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Opinion Pieces - 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 Pieces - Organizational Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the organizational structure of an opinion piece.