Teaching persuasive writing can be HARD. That's why every teacher needs to know these 10 steps to create confident, persuasive writers!
Teaching persuasive writing can be HARD. That's why every teacher needs to know these 10 steps to create confident, persuasive writers!
I am beyond passionate about writing. I truly believe that writing is the corner stone to all thinking. Through writing children gain higher level thinking, use their creative talents, strengthen their reading and speaking abilities, and so on! Writing is POWERFUL! I have one rule in my classroom (okay well maybe more than one) but ... Read More about Writing with Mentor Texts
Teach persuasive writing in a fun and engaging way with this I Wanna Iguana Persuasive Writing Pack! Who doesn't love the book I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff? Well now she has done it again with I Wanna New Room! Using I Wanna Iguana and I Wanna New Room as mentor texts, you will find that you can teach persuasive writing and parts of a friendly letter. Included in this Resource - *Graphic organizers for I Wanna Iguana persuasive writing and I Wanna New Room persuasive writing *Identifying parts of a friendly letter *A grammar page for editing a letter *A grammar practice page for parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) *Answer keys *A teacher directions page on how to use the graphic organizers in this I Wanna Iguana Persuasive Writing and I Wanna New Room Persuasive Writing Pack Ideas for using this I Wanna Iguana Persuasive Writing Resource - *Persuasion/Response Organizer - Both books, I Wanna Iguana and I Wanna New Room, include letters from Alex to one of his parents. The graphic organizers that go along with the stories can be used to show how Alex is persuading his parents, with a cause and effect type organizer. As you are reading the book aloud, students can fill in the both sides of the organizer as you go through. To modify, you, could have some of the boxes already filled in, and have students fill in specific boxes if that is more appropriate for your class. *Persuasive Writing Organizer - Use the stories to take Alex’s reasoning and fill it into the organizer. After doing this, have students come up with their main idea/opinion statement and fill in their own reasons that they would use to persuade their parents. It’s dissecting someone else’s writing before writing their own. The directions have the students doing it independently, but you could also fill in the organizer that goes with the book as a class. Teachers like you said - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"This was a great way to introduce persuasive writing after we read "I wanna Iguana". The activities were engaging and helpful!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"LOVED this resource! The students liked it as well and I was happy to find resources to go along with the specific books we were reading in class. Thank you!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"Wow! What a great package to go along with 2 wonderfully creative and hilarious texts to teach persuasive writing! The parts of the package that I have used so far have been hugely successful with my ELLs. THANKS!!" By taking the persuasive writing from the texts and using this to show how the character is supporting his opinion, students will be able to then apply it to their own persuasive writing. This is a great resource for I Wanna Iguana Persuasive Writing!! Follow our store for updates on freebies and new downloads by clicking follow at the top of the page. Also, for more ideas, check out our teaching blog: Collaboration Cuties And Please leave FEEDBACK if you download this product- you earn credits towards future TpT purchases! We hope you enjoy these I Wanna Iguana Persuasive Writing resources! Thank you! Amanda and Stacia Copyright © Cutesy Clickables by Collaboration Cuties Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
If you are wondering how to teach persuasive writing in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, then this blog post is for you! I have three easy tips I am going to share with you that will help you and your students. Before I dive in, I want to clarify two little things. First, when […]
Do you love teaching persuasive writing? I hope so! It's one of my all-time favorite units and these are my favorite activities to do.
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If you are wondering how to teach persuasive writing in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, then this blog post is for you! I have three easy tips I am going to share with you that will help you and your students. Before I dive in, I want to clarify two little things. First, when […]
Pet Persuasive WritingGet your kiddos writing with this persuasive writing activity. This activity is designed to use, “I Wanna Iguana” by Karen Kaufman Orloff as a mentor text, but any book about pets will work! (Don't have access to the book? Don't worry there's a link to a video!) Total Pages: 24File Size: 4 MB********************************************************************Other AMAZING Writing ActivitiesSmall Moments Narrative WritingMy Leprechaun Shenanigans Expository WritingBuy this unit and ALL my wriitng units in one chunky download!Writing All Year- Growing Bundle********************************************************************This pack is designed to help you guide your students through writing a well thought out persuasive piece. This pack includes:-brainstorm sheet-graphic organizer-rough draft paper with primary and regular writing lines. -4 different final draft writing pages for publishing. -1 with graphics if you choose not to complete the craft. -1 without graphic to be used with craft.-2 of the same as mentioned above, just without a title. -writing checklist -easy print and go pet craft featuring the following animals: cat, dog, rabbit, turtle, fish with bowl, hamster, and bird. ********************************************************************SIGN UP!Sign Up for The Applicious Newsletter and receive amazing content and free resources right to your inbox! Click Here to Sign Up!
Tired of seeing your students mistreat their pencils? Incorporate the engaging Pencils on Strike Unit into your classroom and teach students respect and responsibility with this comprehensive bundle.This 5-part bundle includes everything your students need to understand the consequences of their actions. The best part is that it is Common-Core aligned with teaching skills to write persuasively! Your students will become persuasive writing experts by using the activities in this bundle! Help your students understand the impact of their decisions using Jennifer Jones Mentor Text Link and the carefully crafted graphic organizers, anchor charts, and apology letter template. All resources included in the bundle are easy to use and implement. Make Pencils on Strike part of your lesson plans and empower your students to think critically, discover new vocabulary words and respect the pencils that keep them writing!
Hey there! I'm here to share a lesson that we use when we are introducing persuasive/opinion writing. We use this super cute book: Summary from Amazon: "On weekends, redheaded Tillie climbs trees and teaches her little brother how to skip. During the week, of course, she goes to school. Her principal, Mr. Keene, is the kind of gung ho leader any school would be lucky to have. That is, until he goes a little over the top. "Oh!" he says. "Aren't these fine children? Aren't these fine teachers? Isn't this a fine, fine school?" And then this exuberant administrator decides five days isn't nearly enough for such a fine school. "From now on, let's have school on Saturdays, too!" The teachers and students are not thrilled, but no one is willing to burst Mr. Keene's bubble. Soon their well-meaning principal has done away with weekends, holidays, and summer vacation. It's time for someone to take action... gently, though. Young Tillie has just the right amount of subtlety and tact--and motivation--for the job." So, how do we use this book? Well, I tell the students that I have read them this book because I wanted to prepare them...our principal is thinking about having us come to school on Saturday!!!! Of course there are moans and groans and usually some outrage, which is exactly what I am looking for. Now, this book does a great job of sharing the students' side of why we should NOT have school on weekends and holidays, and so this is why I usually use this as one of our first persuasive writing pieces. I know that the students are going to use a lot of the ideas from the book, which is fine because they will be successful (and I want to set them up for success on one of their first pieces). So, we brainstorm lists of pros and cons of coming to school on Saturday. Then, I write a letter to our principal from my perspective, as a teacher, to model for them what I am looking for. We talk about arguing a point, but also knowing both sides of the situation. So, I model sentences like, "I know it would seem like teaching students for an extra day each week would seem to help them learn more information faster. However, I think students will be tired having to come to school 6 days a week, plus they may be distracted by the fun they are missing out on by being at school (ball games, birthday parties, etc.). It's very difficult to teach students who are tired and distracted and that means we would actually get behind because I would have to reteach everything." And so on. Then, students decide which side they want to take (and yes, I had a student this year who loves school and wants to be a teacher when she grows up, plus her sisters annoy her, so she wanted to come to school on Saturday!!!). Then, they decide on 2-3 main points that they want to argue and work on building solid arguments with a lot of details to back themselves up! They set their letter up like a normal letter and have an opening paragraph stating the issue at hand and their opinion. Then they write their 2-3 paragraphs supporting their opinion, and conclude the letter by appealing to our principal and rephrasing their opinion. I have to make sure I explain that they don't want to sound angry in their letter because the principal will not listen if you say something like, "I think it's ridiculous that you are thinking about making us come to school on Saturdays! What are you thinking?" We talk a lot about mood and tone of our letters. We want to be sugary sweet and really lay the guilt trip on her that we don't want to come to school on Saturday without just disagreeing with her. Once all of the letters are finished, of course, I tell them that I was just kidding. I've even emailed parents ahead of time and told them what I'm doing so when the kids come home upset about it, they understand what the students are talking about. At least, that's how I did it in third grade. In 4th, some of them catch on that I'm not serious so then I have to tell them to pretend and still try to channel that inner concern and anger about it. So, this is just one of many books that I use to teach/model persuasive/opinion writing! There are so many great ones out there! Make sure you head to Jessica's blog to check out all of the other great persuasive writing ideas for Do you think I'm mean for tricking my students?? ;O) Amanda PS- Sorry there aren't very many pictures in this post!
Persuasive writing is one of my all-time favorite writing units!! There are so many fun activities to do and persuasion comes so naturally for the kids (you know they try to persuade their parents for things ALL the time!) I begin this unit by having students "Take a Stand" and make a choice between several pairs of options - McDonald's or Burger King, Disney or Nickelodeon, etc. Once they've made their choice they have to support it and tell why that is the better option. This is a great way to kick off the unit. Once we've modeled several together, I partner them up for writing discussions, give them a set of "Take a Stand" cards and let them continue practicing. After discussions, they're ready to move to the writing stage and we learn to write opinion pieces with supporting reasons and then on to lots of other persuasive pieces. Read-Alouds Some of my FAVORITE books to use during this unit include... I told you that I LOVE this book and double dip with it in my letter writing and persuasive writing units. We especially focus on the closings of the letters and notice how the word choice was carefully selected to help with the persuasion. Immediately after this book we also read... After reading this book, students think of an unusual animal that they would like to have as a pet. They brainstorm ways their animal could be useful/helpful and then write a persuasive letter to their parents to convince them to let them have the pet. They turn out SO CUTE!! Students turn their letters into the animal they chose for a display....precious!! Some of the other books we read during this unit are... This is a GREAT book to read and then have your students write from the perspective of the "bad" character from a fairytale having him/her convince readers that he/she was just misunderstood and is not a bad guy after all! Speaking of perspective, I also have my kids write a persuasive letter to THEMSELVES from an inanimate object. I model doing this using my purse (it tries to persuade me to keep it neater) or my high heels (they try to persuade me to give them a break and wear tennis shoes for a day). With a lot of modeling and brainstorming they really get the hang of this and GO ALL OUT with creative ideas and voice galore! Activities Some of my other favorite activities in this unit include... Book Persuasions Students create new book covers for one of their favorite books and try to persuade their friends to read the book. Persuasive Animal Dialogues After reading Hey, Little Ant students are paired as ants/anteaters and write persuasive dialogues where the ant is trying to persuade the anteater not to eat him and the anteater is trying to persuade the ant that he must! After modeling these, students select another pair of animals (predator/prey) to create original persuasive dialogues to perform for the class. Classroom Mascot Students choose an animal they think would best represent our class and write a persuasive speech on why it should be our mascot. They present these speeches to the class and then the class votes for a mascot! Celebration This unit integrates with our social studies Economics unit for the celebration. Students create products (I require them to make something that only uses PAPER to make it fair for all students) that they will sell at our class store. Then they write commercials to persuade their classmates to buy their products. Before writing these commercials, we watch lots of examples of cereal and toy commercials from the 80s/90s at http://www.retrojunk.com/content/sort/commercial/list/category/1/cereal and discuss persuasion techniques used in them. I film students presenting their commercials individually, create a mini-movie of them and we watch them all together! We then hold our store and students actually purchase products (with Madden Money, of course!) Afterwards, they hold reflections about supply/demand and how their commercials affected their sales. Find these Persuasive Writing activities at Teacher's Clubhouse. What are your favorite activities or books to use for teaching persuasive writing? There's only a couple of days left to win the HearALL Assessment Recorder - Enter Now! Also, visit Lightbulb Minds' Facebook page and leave a comment telling the ONE thing that would make this coming school year the best school year ever and you could win a FREE UNIT! All posts in this series: #1 - Writers' Notebooks #2 - Writing Workshop Schedule & Story Tees #3 - Publishing #4 - Friendly Letters #5 - How-To Writing #6 - Persuasive Writing #7 - Writing Memoirs/Personal Narratives
Teaching persuasive writing can be HARD. That's why every teacher needs to know these 10 steps to create confident, persuasive writers!
EEEK! We started opinion writing last week…only my favorite writing genre to teach! I’ve got my favorite mentor texts ready to go, and even found a few new books I can’t wait to use! Throughout this post, you’ll find Amazon Affiliate links. This means I receive a small commission if you purchase something through that ... Read more
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If you are looking to teach CAUSE AND EFFECT thoroughly, you've come to the right place! This step-by-step unit is a complete STANDARD-BASED resource that covers the reading skill of cause and effect through a variety of lessons to ensure a deep level of understanding. Through anchor charts, examples, mentor text, differentiated passages, and interactive pages, practice, task cards, and graphic organizer, students will have a thorough understanding of how to identify and apply cause and effect. All of my reading units are developed using a scaffolding approach. It now comes in PDF, POWERPOINT, AND GOOGLE.
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I am getting ready to start HOW To Stories. I have decided this year, to use pieces of the Lucy Calkin {new book} and Tony Stead/Linda Hoyt books on Procedural writing. MENTOR TEXTS FOR HOW-TO'S Before Starting this new writing Unit: We read a few HOW TO STORIES On Demand Writing Assignment: {Pre-Assessment} Have students write a HOW TO Story. KICKING OFF HOW-TO WRITING Shared Writing: Make a Class How-To Procedural Poster PROCEDURAL POSTERS Click Here to See Class Samples from My Class CLICK HERE FOR POSTER 11X18 I like that Tony and Linda have students create procedural posters all on the same topic. You can click the Voice Thread below to see some samples from last year. This year, I decided to create a template for my students. I found that many kindergarteners were getting confused for placement of print and sequencing. Different kinds of How-To Paper click here click here
If you're teaching persuasive writing, I Wanna Iguana is the perfect mentor text. This post gives step by step directions.
I love teaching author's purpose...maybe it's the cozy PIE image it conjures up, or maybe it's the fact that for most kids, this is a concept that they "get" for the most part (with a little bit of explaining and some hands on practice). It's kind of the opposite of long division that way, if you know what I mean! Read more about Author's Purpose and how to teach it in this post by The Teacher Next Door.
Hello! Welcome to our mentor text link up! The book I chose to feature this time is A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech. I have found that this book is an ideal mentor text to use when teaching stude
One of the best ways to introduce opinion writing is to model how beloved authors share their opinions through the use of mentor texts. Here are 14 read alouds that kids will love!
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Teachers and parents, use these picture books as mentor texts to show kids the process of writing a story. Read about getting ideas for stories, and the storytelling/story writing process, including story elements.
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