This Opinion Essay Writing package includes a suite of writing activities that are perfect for grade 8-11 students who need practice writing essays:
- textual analysis questions
- key essay language
- station tasks & task cards
- structure analysis
- summary practice
- brainstorming practice
- supporting idea(s) practice
- a variety of opinion writing prompts
The writing activities are ideal for English Language Arts classes or with ELL and ESL learners who are studying opinion writing in grades 8 through 11. They can be used for supplementary material, homework, or as a separate classroom lesson on text analysis and essay writing.
✅ The Most Impactful Way to Teach Essay Writing: Have your students go deeper into the design of the text by reverse-engineering it! This resource uses text analysis questions to help learners deconstruct an opinion essay paragraph-by-paragraph. By answering questions about a sample essay’s context, use of language, and structure, students get to think critically about the choices the author made in the writing and learn the essay’s structure organically. It will teach them how to write an opinion essay from the bottom-up.
✅ Graphic Organizers for Essay Writing: Your students will love the step-by-step guidance offered in the graphic organizer. They’ll get suggested paragraph lengths, structure, and language tips as they prepare and, eventually, write their own opinion essays. There are even different essay writing prompts they can choose from!
✅ Essay Writing Practice using Task Cards: Included in this essay writing package are 20 different essay writing activities for practicing different parts of an opinion essay. Presented on task cards, your students can use these to practice…
- summarizing
- brainstorming
- restating a writing prompt
- using opinionated language
- writing supporting ideas
✅ Keep the Class Engaged with a Catchy Topic: Don’t worry about your students getting off task when having to study essay writing. They’ll get a sample opinion essay that discusses someone’s opinion of whether a government tax on fast food should be mandated. You’ll love how this topic meets them halfway by engaging them in something all students enjoy but know they should limit.
✅ No Planning; Just Teaching: Get your prep-time back by using a pre-planned lesson plan, included in the purchase. The lesson plan is incredibly easy-to-use and gives you ideas on how to introduce the essay topic in a fun way, a pacing structure that scaffolds the learning for you, different teaching ideas for opinion, and answer keys. Simply print out the student pages and follow the pre-planned lesson plan.
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This package includes a PDF file that can be opened using your preferred PDF reader. It also comes with a lesson plan and a high-resolution cover page.
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Terms of Use:
This resource was created by Landon S. Seigler of ESL Lifeline, all rights are reserved. The original purchaser is permitted to use it for a single class only. Teachers have the authorization to share this product with their students (and parents) through email, Google Classroom, or the Internet, as long as the site is password protected. Distribution to your own students is allowed, but uploading it to the Internet for public access and download is not permitted.
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