Opinion Writing Unit Lessons Slides and Printables for First Grade

Are you looking for lessons to guide you in teaching your students how to write an opinion writing? Writer's workshop is the perfect way to incorporate ELA standards while teaching your students to become amazing authors.

These opinion writing lessons slides will guide you through teaching your students how to write an opinion writing and persuasive writing. These slides will motivate and engage your students by giving them an understanding of each concept and engaging them in writing skill practice.

(Please note that these slides are downloadable as a powerpoint presentation only. The file is too large to be uploaded to google slides in its entirety.)

This resource also includes printable resources that can be added to writing journals or used for extra writing skill practice as a whole group or in literacy centers.

The specific mini-lessons included in this resource are:

Fact Vs. Opinion

Let's Write an Opinion Writing!

Agree and Disagree

Choosing a Topic

Planning for Opinion Writing

Stating Your Opinion

Writing Reasons

Writing Examples

Restating Your Opinion

Transitional Phrases

OREO - Putting It Together

Revising Opinion Writing

Editing Opinion Writing

Comparing Two Choices

Would You Rather

Writing Checklist

Evaluating with a Rubric

Writing Conferences

Author's Chair

Writing Celebration

Persuasive Writing

Let's Practice Persuading

Brainstorming

Convince Your Audience

Think About Counter-Arguments

Hook Your Audience!

Keep Your Audience Interested

Planning a Persuasive Writing

Writing a Conclusion

The printables included in this resource are:

Fact or Opinion - 3 Practice Pages

Opinion Starters/Opinion Words

You could write about the best or worst... (Topic Ideas Printable)

Things I love Brainstorm (Example and Organizer Template)

Things I Don't Like Brainstorm (Example and Organizer Template)

Agree and Disagree Politely Sentence Starters

Opinion Writing Draft Templates (3 Options)

Reason Writing Practice (4 practice pages- 1 blank template option)

Example Writing Practice (1 practice page - 1 blank template option)

Restating Opinions Practice (2 practice pages - 1 blank template option)

Transitional Phrases

Think Oreo! (Poster and 2 differentiated organizers)

Opinion Writing Journal Cover

Journal Writing Pages - with primary and regular writing lines

Book Writing Pages - with primary and regular writing lines

Descriptive Adjectives (2 Pages)

Comparing Two Choices Sentence Frames

I Prefer... (4 practice pages for comparing two choices- 1 blank template)

Would You Rather... (4 practice pages for comparing two choices- 1 blank template)

Opinion Writing Checklist

Peer Editing Checklist

My Writing Goals - Conference Sheet

My Opinion Writing Rubric

Opinion Writing Compliments Sheet (for writing celebration)

Persuasive Opinion/Position Statement Sentence Starters

Can I have a... (Writing organizer)

Can we go to... (Writing organizer)

Persuasive Writing (Organizer)

** Some slides/content repeat through the informative, research and how-to lessons (Introductions, planning, and conclusions).

**Slides for Checklists, Rubrics, Author's Chair, Writing Conferences, and Writing Celebrations are also available in the Personal Narrative Unit.

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