Opinion Writing Project

Presentation

Opinion Writing

You are going to be writing an opinion-based project about an injustice, or something you think is unfair in your community or in the world.

Start

index

Day 3 - Draft

Day 2 - Draft

Day 1 - Planning

Day 4 - Edit & Revise

Day 1 - Planning

Opinion Writing Project

Day 1 - Planning

Read the prompt to preview what should be included in your speech. The next several lessons will guide you through the writing process.

Click here to watch the Flocabulary Video on Opinion Writing.

Take a closer look at the prompt to see its key words and phrases.

Day 1 - Planning

Planning

• What is a speech?
• A speech is a special kind of writing that is all about your opinion and ideas.
• What makes it special is that it read- aloud to share those ideas with others.

Planning

• What type of writing is this?
• A speech based on your opinion.
• What information should I give?
• An example of an injustice or something you think is unfair in your community or in the world.
• What do I need to include?
• Facts, details, evidence from resources, quotes, and visuals to support your opinion.

Click here to access the Classkick for this assignment.

Step one: Brainstorm a Topic

• The first step in writing your speech is choosing a topic.
• You may choose your own topic or on the next slide, there are some examples that you can choose from too.
• Make sure to think of topics with a very strong opinion. Every topic needs reasons and supporting details to back it up.
• Use pages 1 & 2 in the Classkick.

Possible topics:

You can choose your own topic or you can choose one of the examples. Use the Brainstorm Topics section to write down your ideas. Once you figure out which one you really want to do, circle it.

Choose 1 of the following Topics. Remember to use reasons and evidence to support your opinion and convince the reader about your viewpoints. Click the information button to see the example choices.

Step Two: Research

• To develop your opinion about the topic you choose, you need to read information from several sources.
• Think about this:
• What do you want to convince your reader to believe in your speech?
• Use the 2 links in the edio lesson from today to help you find 2 different resources you can use to:
• Form and opinion
• Identify facts and evidence that support your opinion.
• Use page 2 of the Classkick.

Step Two: Reasons and Evidence

• Now that you have chosen your topic, you can write your opinion statement that is supported with reasons and evidence.
• We can use the OREO Method to help us develop an opinion essay.
• O - Opinion
• R - Reason
• E - Evidence
• 0 - Opinion Restated

• Use page 1 of the Classkick.

What is the OREO Method?

Reasons and Evidence

Use your graphic organizer in the Classkick on page 1

Reasons: Tell your reader why you feel the way you do.

Evidence: Give examples from your research to support WHY you feel that way.

Note: You cannot expect people to agree with you just because you said so. You need good reasons to support your opinion.

Day 2 - Draft

Opinion Writing Project

day 2 - draft

• On Opinion Writing Day 1 - you began to work on your opinion writing project.
• At this point, you should have your topic chosen, your reasons stated, and your evidence written.
• During Day 2, we are going to begin writing your rough draft using the research that you conducted yesterday.

How to write a juciy paragraph

• We can use the idea of a hamburger to write "juicy" sentences.
• The picture and chart on the left will help us be able to do that.

Understanding Hamburger Paragraph Structure

Draft an Opinion Speech

The goal of writing the first draft is to get your ideas down in any possible way. The draft is NOT final, but you still should include complete sentences and transition between ideas. **Remember: writing your first draft will take two days to complete**

To work on Day 2 -

1. Introduction Paragraph
2. Second paragraph with reason #1 and the evidence to go along with it.

You will be taking the information from Classkick pages 1 -2 and putting that into page 3.

Day 3 - Draft

Opinion Writing Project

day 3 - draft

• On Opinion Writing Day 2 - you began your rough draft using the research that you conducted.
• During Day 3, we are going to finish your rough draft.

Draft an Opinion Speech

You should have done: The introduction paragraph The second paragraph with reason #1 and evidence

To work on Day 3-

1. The third paragraph with reason #2 and evidence
2. conclusion paragraph

You will be taking the information from Classkick pages 1 -2 and putting that into page 3.

Conclusion Paragraph

Day 4 - Edit and Revise, PUblishing

Opinion Writing Project

Revising with ARMS

Editing with cups

Publishing your writing

1. Do students still need to learn cursive handwriting? (inequality)
2. Should there be winners and losers in sports? (inequality)
3. Which sport is the best? What makes it better than others? (inequality)
4. Should video games be considered a sport? (inequality)
5. Is cyber school good for everyone? (inequality)
6. Should we have 3-day weekends?
7. Should students get paid for good grades?