Opinion+(Argument)

=Opinion/Argument Writing = [|**LikeToWrite.com**] Videos, lessons, units for teachers to download and print [|MY PINTEREST BOARD FOR PERSUASIVE WRITING] [|K-5 Opinion Writing Placemat] Explains Opinion Writing Genre

K-2 Resources
[|7-year old] convinces parents to get a cat on Facebook Munch a Bunch Of Caterpillars article to jumpstart persuasive writing [|Supporting Young Writers With Opinion Texts] *Choice Literacy Membership Mentor Texts: I Wanna Iguana and I Wanna New Room by Karen Kaufman, Should We Have Pets? by Sylvia Lollis, The Pain and The Great One by Judy Blume

Resources for Older Students
[|Using Shared Writing] to Build Argument Skills in intermediate classrooms added 5/14/13.. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">*Choice Literacy Membership <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Heather Rader: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Subheadings] are a neglected but useful tool for teaching students about key topics <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">added 5/14/13.. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">*Choice Literacy Membership <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|The Girl Who Silenced The World] - Persuasive writing from a young girl speaking for ECO, The Environmental Children's Organization in the late 90s. The video should inspire your students to choose a cause and write to convince others. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__The Girl Who Silenced the World__ - [|20 years later.] Posted 6/9/13. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sobering [|MOVIE] extolling the beauty of the Earth. I'd use it to jumpstart a PERSUASIVE writing unit with older students. Wow. Just WOW! <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Analyzing Persuasive Speeches] (Middle School) - Video of lesson; Teaching Channel; 7 minutes <span class="gmw_">Try <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"><span class="gm_ gm_ed73bd98-e424-c01f-c653-ce4049ebf065 gm-spell">[|Tricider]  <span class="gmw_"> - a technology tool that asks students to state an argument and support so that the class can see what their classmates are thinking. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Ask.com] - I want to study this link. Appears to have samples of persuasive letters, etc. Not sure if these are free. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Argument-Opinion-Persuasive] Video, samples of student writing, suggestions. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">*[|Choice Literacy Membership]. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kelly Gallagher's [|Article of the Week] <span class="gmw_"> Gallagher posts an article each week to start conversation. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Persuasive Pamphlets] <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Choice Literacy Membership <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Introducing a Class to Text-Based Debate] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lucy Calkins Video, Well-planned lesson to adapt easily. Added 3/6/13 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Opinion/Argument Writing Videos] from Calkins' TC Reading & Writing College Added 3/6/13  <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_">[|Ten Books] <span class="gm_ gm_e3b68b1a-18fb-ea1c-2b00-46cddef93b9b gm-spell">to Add to Your Library -  <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Books with characters who have agency. Some of these texts can serve as mentor texts for persuasive writing, some are stories about changing the world, and still others are both! Added 4/1/13.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Persuasive Writing Series by Heather Rader
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Assessing Persuasive Writing] <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Part 1 - Choice Literacy Membership <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Thank You for Arguing] - <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Part 2 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Touchy Topics] - <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Part 3 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Sustainable Planning] - <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Part 4

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">NC SCOS - Common Core planning suggestion
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|NC DPI Planning Documents]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lessons
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|What Really Matters? What is unfair?] Global awareness. Personal discovery of issues about which students care deeply. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Dear Eve Bunting]Tips for how to write to authors. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">*Choice Literacy Membership <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Scholastic] - Top 10 Tips for Opinion Writing, each a lesson in opinion vs fact vs adding reasons

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