Description
This opinion writing unit for 2nd and 3rd grade gives you everything you need to drive your writing instruction. Students learn to form an opinion, persuade their reader, and write a letter. Weeks 3 and 4 are set up a little differently, so students have time to read books, respond to literature, and write persuasive letters.
Week 1: Forming an Opinion
- Forming an Opinion anchor chart pieces and printable
- Opinion writing posters
- Hey, Little Ant layered flipbook rough draft
- Parts of opinion writing posters: intro, reasons, and conclusion
- Revising lesson: Swat It! forming a strong conclusion
- Editing lesson: Feed the Ants! connecting opinions with reasons
- Publishing: an ant craft and a boy craft
- Opinion writing rubric
Week 2: Salty or Sweet?
- Taste testing and brainstorming adjectives
- Snack bar rough draft writing pouch
- Revising: matching opinion topics to conclusions
- Editing: Would You Rather? with linking words
- Publishing: Team Salty or Team Sweet folding writing templates
- Self-reflection rubric
Weeks 3 and 4: Responding to Literature and Persuasive Letters
- Forming opinions about books with the OREO opinion writing strategy
- OREO booklet, chart pieces, and milk craft for writing paragraphs
- Expanding opinions about literature lesson and activity
- Responding to literature in notebooks
- Friendly letter chart
- Book recommendations lesson
- Friendly letter writing lesson for persuasive letters
What’s Included
- I Can statements
- Daily lesson plans with mini-lessons, independent practice, and share time
- Standards for TEKS and Common Core
- Anchor chart materials
- Graphic organizers and student printables
- Close editing strategies
- Single column rubrics
- 18 writing prompts to display, plus templates for writing journals
- 180 pages
Write On! Components in Every Unit
- How to group students
- Writing folder materials
- Status of the class materials
- Writing templates
- Setting goals anchor chart materials
- How to use rubrics
- How to set up your writing block
Good to Know
For week 1 you will need the book Hey, Little Ant, and for week 2 you will need snack foods for taste testing. Students move through brainstorming, writing, revising, editing, and publishing, with grammar skills built into the editing lessons. This unit was made by Hope King and Amy Lemons.
Save with the bundle: this resource is also included in Write On! The Bundle.
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