opinion writing

We’re almost done discussing the graphic organizer my students used during our opinion writing unit of study. The final section of the graphic organizer is on crafting a strong conclusion to our essay. Reflecting and Revising When I first began creating this unit, I didn’t do a very thorough job of requiring students to re-state […]

Opinion Writing ~ Strong Conclusions Read More »

Following a lightning-quick writer’s craft mini-lesson (see yesterday’s post for more details), the writers in Room 411 dive right into a graphic organizer for our opinion writing essays. The graphic organizer I designed for my students during our opinion writing unit has several parts so I’m going to break it down into three separate posts.

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