This Class Pet Persuasive Essay is a fun engaging activity because students will be making a Spark Adobe Video as the cumutative assessment. The lesson plan goes through each step following the writing process of brainstorming, writing a rough draft, editing, revising and then a publish video. Graphic organizers are provided along with resources such as youtube, Utah Online Library, Wonderopolis, and google search articles, for students to use for information.

This lesson will walk students through the beginning part of the planning phase of creating a digital story about one of their opinions.

Over the course of a week, each student will use an iPad to express their opinion on their favorite food through drawings/photos, written and spoken words. The teacher can combine the pages and recordings to create a class book read and explained from the students.  

This Nearpod is used to introduce students to writing an opinion essay. Majority of Collaboration Boards are used in order to spark the I do, We do and You do.

This week, we talk to Candace Buckner of The Washington Post about her role as a sports columnist. Buckner sheds light on the differences between straight news beat reporting and opinion writing — and underscores how certain journalism practices and standards remain the same. Using her recent piece on Kyrie Irving as an example, Buckner explains her approach to column writing. We also discuss how sports intersect with culture and society and what sports reporting can teach us about the wider world. Grab your news goggles!

This resource includes two sets of posters to help students use transitional phrases in writing. Opinion Posters1) Expressing opinionIn my opinionIt seems to me thatAs far as I am concernedFrom my point of viewI am convinced that2) Giving reasons My main reason isOne reason isAnother reason isFirst, Second, ThirdBecuase of / Due to3) ConcludingTo sum up,To conclude,In conclusion,All in all,Finally,Informational Writing Posters1) Exprssing FactsResearch shows thatIt is a fact thatIt is clear thatIt is true thatEveryone knows thatEvidence proves that2) Giving ReasonsAccording to _______,(Title of text) says,Expert _________ says,Science concurs thatEvidence proves that3) ConcludingTo sum up,To conclude,In conclusion,All in all,Finally,Overall, 

This lesson is designed for beginning writers to develop an understanding of opinion/persuasive writing. Students will examine a piece of work written by an author using opinion writing. Students will be guided through how to use a graphic organizer to help organize their writing and to assure all the proper elements have been included in their opinion writing. Students will be able to demonstrate competency towards standard by generating written or pictorial responses."Winter" by Sarah Mitchell, February 2022, Public Domain.