Biography Essays: Opinion Persuasive Writing Unit
- PDF
What educators are saying
Also included in
This mega bundle contains five best-selling ELA units to address Common Core ELA Reading Literature, Reading Informational Text, and Writing Standards. These thorough units include everything needed to go from generating ideas to publishing and assessment, plus tons of related reading printables.CliPrice $45.85Original Price $65.50Save $19.65
All of my Reading and Writing Workshop Resources in one SUPER BUNDLE!Price $77.35Original Price $110.50Save $33.15
Purchase three opinion essay writing units in this discounted bundle:Click on each product link to see its description and exactly what's included.Literary EssaysPersonal EssaysBiography EssaysWriting opinion essays is an essential skill to prepare intermediate writers for middle school. These scaffPrice $13.30Original Price $19.00Save $5.70
Description
This writing unit teaches students to write a five paragraph opinion essay with a thesis statement on a biographical figure. With the Common Core’s emphasis on text evidence, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire writing process.
The unit starts with eight possible reading resources that can be used as students read their biographies. The writing portion introduces students to the idea of writing a thesis statement, and then guides them to select three specific examples from the person's life to support their claim. Identifying and evaluating quotes from the text teaches students to strengthen their arguments. This is an excellent unit for introducing the structure of a five paragraph opinion essay to young readers and writers, while also covering history, social studies, and science topics in biographies.
Please note, this unit does not cover how to write a report on a biographical figure. Biography Reports can be found here.
Check out the preview to see all of the amazing resources included in this unit.
• Biography Essay: Mini-Unit Plan
• Common Core Standards: Reading Informational Text
• Common Core Standards: Writing
• Important Vocabulary Words
• Identifying Key Details
• Timeline
• Top 10
• Forming an Opinion About the Facts
• Inferring Using Clues and Schema
• Character Traits
• Heroes Teach a Lesson
• Example Thesis Statements
• Finding Evidence to Support My Thesis Statement (Brainstormingk987—6 reasons)
• Finding Evidence to Support My Thesis Statement (3 reasons)
• Using Text Evidence and Quotes to Prove Your Reasons (Reason #1)
• Using Text Evidence and Quotes to Prove Your Reasons (Reason #2)
• Using Text Evidence and Quotes to Prove Your Reasons (Reason #3)
• Biography Essay Planner
• Biography Essay Planner—Introduction
• Biography Essay Planner—Reason #1
• Biography Essay Planner—Reason #2
• Biography Essay Planner—Reason #3
• Biography Essay Planner—Conclusion
• Biography Essay—Draft
• Revising & Editing Checklists
• Be A Text Detective
• Text Evidence Bookmarks
• Connecting My Ideas With Transitions
Text Quote Punctuation
• Biography Essay—Publishing Paper
• Biography Essay—Cover Page
• Biography Essay Rubric {Teacher Version}
• Biography Essay Rubric {Student Version}
• Examples of Student Planning Pages
• Biography Essay Exemplars
• Terms of Use & Credits
• Thank You & Related Products
*****************************************************************************
You may also be interested in…
Animal Reports Made Easy: Informational Reading & Writing Unit {CC Aligned}
Country Report Research Project
Personal Narrative Unit for 2nd-4th Grade {Supports Common Core}
Pourquoi Tales: Reading & Writing Unit Grades 2-4 {Common Core}
Realistic Fiction Reading and Writing Bundle: 3rd Grade {Supports Common Core}
NARRATIVE WRITING BUNDLE: RealisticFiction, PersonalNarrative, & PourquoiTales
Narrative, Explanatory, & Opinion Prompts-Shared Class Topic Journals
*****************************************************************************
Customer Tips:
How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases:
• Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺
Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches:
• Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺
*****************************************************************************
