Opinion Writing for 2nd and 3rd Grades with Graphic Organizers, Prompts, and Sentence Frames
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Looking for an opinion writing graphic organizer with reasons and examples? Look no further! This resource provides prompts and sentence frames and a variety of graphic organizers to support your teaching. It scaffolds learning so that students can successfully write opinion paragraphs.

This Opinion Writing Unit includes a set of resources to teach opinion writing in second grade and third grade. This common core aligned unit includes a variety of activities to engage students, with both the oral language development of stating an opinion and writing opinions.
Looking for an opinion writing graphic organizer with reasons and examples? Look no further! This resource provides prompts and sentence frames and a variety of graphic organizers to support your teaching. It scaffolds learning so that students can successfully write opinion paragraphs.
Students will be able to write well-crafted opinion writing pieces after developing the scaffolds for the skill orally and in writing. The tools included in this resource can be used for any opinion writing topics, although opinion writing prompts and topics are included.
The Opinion Writing Common Core Aligned Unit includes:
• Instructional Strategies for Opinion Writing
• Anchor Charts / Vocabulary Cards
• Cooperative Learning Activities for Opinion Writing
• Sorts and practice sheets
• Sentence Frames for Opinion Writing, including Introduce a Topic, State an Opinion, Supply Reasons, and Provide a Concluding Statement
• Templates
• Practice Sheets
• Assessments
• Checklist for opinion writing aligned with the common core standards
Students work through a variety of oral prompts during whole-group and in small groups practicing how to introduce a topic, state an opinion, supply or give reasons, and provide a concluding statement.
To see more information and visuals of the unit, see this blog post about How We Do Opinion Writing in Our Classroom.
This opinion writing unit was designed or second grade students, but it can easily be adapted up or down.
The unit focuses on second grade opinion writing, but could be used in third grade as well, by having students add examples to their writing.
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See this blog post for an in-depth review of week one.
The unit focuses on second-grade opinion writing but could be used in third grade as well, by having students add examples to their writing.




Peace Love and Literacy –
This is a great resource for my English language learners. Nice visuals, comprehensible, and well done.
Tiffany W. –
I use this at my writing center when we do writing time for our riding block and we actually use this to develop writing prompts with each other
Typically Techy –
Great practice for my Summer writing class! Thank you!
Inspired to Create –
This resource breaks down each part the students need in order to write an opinion writing. I love how it gives students many examples and activities to help them create their own.
Right Fit Resources –
This writing unit was a great addition to my writing intervention lessons about opinion writing