Changing The World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials Complete Unit
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Slides and materials for every session in the unit! Are you wondering how to teach opinion writing for 3rd graders? Are you looking for concrete lessons and materials to help students write in a systematic way? This CHANGING THE WORLD: PERSUASIVE SPEECHES, PETITIONS, and EDITORIALS COMPLETE UNIT product pairs seamlessly with Lucy Calkins' Opinion Writing Unit: "Changing the World Grade 3 Unit 3" and requires no prep for teachers teaching the Units of Study by Lucy Calkins.
It includes twenty-three ready-to-go mini-lessons including connections, teaching points, turn & talks, modeling, active engagement, independent practice, and shares, AND corresponding graphic organizers/materials for opinion and persuasive writing.
This product is my Lucy Calkins-inspired opinion writing unit plan but can be used with any opinion writing curriculum.
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This product includes:
- 23 ready-to-use Google Slides mini-lessons (Session #1: Practicing Persuasion; Session #2: Gathering Brave, Bold Opinions for Persuasive Writing; Session #3: Drawing on a Repertoire of Strategies for Generating Opinion Writing; Session #4: Considering Audience to Say More; Session #5: Editing as You Go; Session #6: Taking Stock and Setting Goals; Session #7: Gathering All You Know about Your Opinion; Session #8: Organizing and Categorizing; Session #9: For Example: Proving by Showing; Session #10: By Considering Audience, Writers Select and Discard Material; Session #11: Paragraphing to Organize Our Drafts; Session #12: Choosing Words that Sound Right and Evoke Emotion; Session #13: Looking Back and Looking Forward; Session #14: Inquiry into Petitions; Session #15: Becoming Your Own Job Captain; Session #16: Gathering a Variety of Evidence; Session #17: Revising Your Introductions and Conclusions to Get Your Audience to Care; Session #18: Taking Stock Again: Goal Setting with More Independence; Session #19: Tackling a Cause; Session #20: Becoming Informed about a Cause; Session #21: Yesterday's Revisions Become Today's Drafting Strategies; Session #22: Getting Our Writers Ready for Readers; Session #23: Celebrating Activism)
- 24 ready-to-use graphic organizers + materials that correspond with the sessions - PDF
Can be used for:
- Students engaging in the "Changing the World" unit by Lucy Calkins
- Students engaging in the opinion writing process
- Students learning concrete writing crafts
- Students writing speeches, editorials, and petitions
- Teachers teaching persuasive writing for 3rd graders
- Teachers teaching opinion writing for 3rd graders
- Students engaging in Writing Workshop
- Students learning about activism
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