OPINION WRITING

• Open and look at 4 slides below:

• Do Seesaw fact/ opinion sort.

• Watch video below

• Do Seesaw fact/ opinion sort.

• Open and look at 3 slides below:

• Choose a type of food or candy. Write 3 fact and 3 opinion sentences about it in your Yellow Reader's Notebook. Draw a picture!

• Open and look at 3 slides below:

• Choose a game or a sport. Write 3 fact and 3 opinion sentences about it in your Yellow Reader's Notebook. Draw a picture.

Fact / Opinion

• Open and look at 3 slides below:

• Open and look at the 2 slides below:

• Choose a type of toy. Write 3 fact and 3 opinion sentences about it in your Yellow Reader's Notebook. Draw a picture!

• Choose an animal. Write 3 fact and 3 opinion sentences about it in your Yellow Reader's Notebook. Draw a picture! (Review yesterday's slides if needed.)

• Choose an holiday (birthday, Christmas, Halloween...) . Write 3 fact and 3 opinion sentences about it in your Yellow Reader's Notebook. Draw a picture! (Review Tuesday's slides if needed.)

Dogs or Cats Opinion

• Open and look at slides below.

• Brainstorm - why are dogs/cats good pets?

• Open and look at slides below.

• Plan: Choose 3 big ideas and 3 details. Make a T-Chart in your journal.

• Open and look at slides below.

• Write: Use the sentence starters and write your 8 sentence paragraph.

• Watch video. Pause after each section and edit your opinion writing.

• Draw a picture to go with your Cat or Dog writing.

Best Season Opinion Paragraph

• Open and look at slides below.

• Brainstorm - What is the best season?

• Open and look at slides below.

• Plan: Choose 3 big ideas and 3 details. Make a T-Chart in your journal.

• Open and look at slides below.

• Write: Use the sentence starters and write your 8 sentence paragraph.

• Watch video. Pause after each section and edit your opinion writing.

• Draw a picture to go with your seasons writing.

Best Superpower Opinion Paragraph

• Open and look at slides below.

• Brainstorm - what would be the best superpower?

• Open and look at slides below.

• Plan: Choose 3 big ideas and 3 details. Make a T-Chart in your journal.

• Open and look at slides below.

• Write: Use the sentence starters and write your 8 sentence paragraph.

• Watch video. Pause after each section and edit your opinion writing.

• Design and color your superhero (on cardstock)

Persuasive Letters

• Open and look at slides below.

• Persuasive letters - Listen to I Wanna Iguana. In your journal, make a list of the reasons Alex gives for getting the iguana.

• Choose a topic: Think about what you would like to change. Write your topic in your journal.

• Open and look at slides below.

• Plan: Choose 3 big ideas and at least 3 details. Make a T-Chart in your journal and choose a topic sentence.

• Write: Use the sentence starters and write your 8 sentence paragraph. (You can write half today and half on Monday)

• Persuasive letters - Finish your writing, edit, and write a final draft

• Make a Poster: Make a poster to go with your persuasive letter. (You can work on your poster tomorrow too.)

• Finish the final draft of your letter and your poster.

• Taka a photo of your persuasive letter, then record yourself reading it on Seesaw. Make sure you give it or mail it to whoever you wrote it to.Persuasive Letter Edit/Final Draft Persuasive Letter Poster

Opinion Prompts

Journal write: Imagine a scientist has developed a special potion to make people invisible, but he’s not sure he wants to let people use it. Do you think people should be able to use it? Choose a side and write an argument convincing the scientist why he should or should not let people use the potion.

Try to use three big ideas and three details.

Topic sentence idea: I think the scientist (should/should not) let people use the invisibility potion. First...