Opinion Writing Lesson: Writing About a Text, Grades 3-5

Our library added 40 new books this week. Which student used the article well: the one who copied it, or the one who wrote it in new words and named the article? In about 40 minutes, students learn to take a side and use details from a short article in their own opinion writing.

What's inside

• 16 slides, with speaker notes on all 16
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Model Page, 1 page
• Writing Practice, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page, with accepted answers, a scored model and a day rubric
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Model Page, Writing Practice and answer key together

Answer key included

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