Opinion Writing Unit and Mini-Lesson Videos
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Description
This comprehensive Opinion Writing unit was specifically designed for teachers to follow through the WRITING PROCESS with already prepped modeled lessons. It is from our signature STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® UNITS. Every lesson builds upon the previous skill within one piece of writing, which gives students a thorough understanding of how to put a quality piece of writing together.
This unit has TONS AND TONS OF UPDATES AND IS NOW EDITABLE!
Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards.
The packet includes:
★ Scripted Lesson Plans
★ Model Writing (Included for every mini lesson)
★ 5 Opinion Passages
★ Anchor Charts
★ DIFFERENTIATED Interactive Pages
★ Practice Printables
★ Task Cards (Great for centers or extra practice)
★ Suggest Mentor Text List
★ Notebook Cover Page and Tab
★ Opinion Writing Checklist
★ Key Words and Phrases Lists (Introductions, Body, and Conclusions)
★ Common Core Opinion Elements Checklist
★ Writing Goals Form
★ Peer Reflection Form
★ Self-Reflection Form
★ Tracking Progress Form
★ Opinion Writing Rubric (3-point and 4-point)
★ Weekly Writing Guide for Students
★ Writing Prompt Cards
OPINION MINI LESSONS TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Opinion Elements
2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm
3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers
4. How to Determine Task, Audience, Purpose
5. Writing an Introduction
6. Writing a Body (Power of 3, facts and details)
7. How to Strengthen Opinions
8. How to Take Notes, Avoid Plagiarism, Citing Sources
9. Writing a Conclusion
10. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
11. How to Plan a Writing Goal
12. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
13. How to Write a Rockin' Beginning (Strong Leads)
14. Using Transition Words
15. Adding Key Words and Phrases
16. How to Provide Sentence Variety
17. How to Write a Jammin' Conclusion
18. How to Craft a Title
19. CUPS to Edit
20. Editing Capitalization
21. Editing Usage
22. Editing Punctuation
23. Editing Spelling
24. Rules for Peer Reflections
25. Writing a Final Copy
There are 24 mini lesson videos designed to take you through the writing process for opinion writing. Most of the videos are less than 5 minutes. They are easy to pop on and let me do the teaching!
How do you use the videos?
- writing center
- absent student
- homeschool student
- substitute
- educator
What is included in each video?
Some or all of the following are included in each video depending on the lesson. WATCH THE PREVIEW FOR 2 MINUTES OF A SAMPLE LESSON!
- the mini lesson information
- practice
- model the same prompt throughout the lessons
- encouragement to apply the lesson to students' own writing
- rock music at the end- Go rock your writing!
How do you access the videos?
Once you purchase here, you will download the PDF. On the PDF, there is a link to a portal of videos and a code. You will need to click on the link, create an account and put in the code. Then you can play directly from there or download the video to send to a student.
Opinion Writing Videos
O1- Opinion Elements
O2- Prewriting
O3- Task, Purpose, Audience
O4- Graphic Organizer
O5- Introduction
O6- Notetaking
O7- Body
O8- Conclusion
O9- Rough Draft
O10- DARE to Revise
O11- DARE- D- Delete
O12- DARE- A- Add details and transition words
O13- DARE- R- Rearrange
O14- DARE- E- Exchange- Rocking Beginnings
O15- DARE- E- Exchange- Key Words and Phrases (Word Choice)
O16- DARE- E- Exchange- Sentence Variety
O17- DARE- E- Exchange- Jammin' Conclusion
O18- Craft a Title
O19- CUPS- Capitalization
O20- CUPS- Usage
O21- CUPS- Punctuation
O22- CUPS- Spelling
O23- Peer Reflection
O24- Final Copy
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