Johnny Appleseed Opinion Writing UNIT 1st - 2nd Grade

Johnny Appleseed Opinion Writing for First and Second Grade

Johnny Appleseed opinion writing (persuasive writing) has been made easy with this file that scaffolds the stages of writing an opinion.

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~ The activities and printables in this file are based on apples and the story of Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh.

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Scaffold your students writing by teaching; purpose, structure, introduction, reasons and conclusion plus reflection.

Your file aims to give you supportive materials to compliment your genre writing and social studies program. This resource aims to give students a scaffolded, pragmatic approach to developing opinion writing skills.

Print off all pages and bundle as a student work book using the cover page provided. Start from the beginning by asking children what they know about Johnny Appleseed.

Discuss what facts and opinions are.

Read or watch the book, Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh.

Use the resources in the file to discuss what an opinion is and how to orate, read and write one beginning with the introduction, reasons and conclusion.

Children will build up the skill of each part of an opinion before finally writing their own on the topics provided or one of your choosing using the empty templates.

Students are given opportunities to reflect on their writing samples at the end of the unit using the five apple rating system that you will need to model using a work sample.

Finally children receive their own achievement notice based on what they can do.

Your file includes the following:

Student booklet cover

What do you Know about Johnny Appleseed?

Johnny Appleseed Facts

Johnny Appleseed Facts

Johnny Appleseed story vocabulary

Johnny Appleseed book and video links

What is an opinion & Facts?

Sort Johnny Appleseed Facts & Opinions

Write Opinion about 2 Johnny Appleseed Facts

What is an Opinion + Example (whole class)

Purpose of an Opinion (whole class)

Opinion Topics

Parts of an Opinion Poster

Parts of an Opinion Apple Style!

Parts of an Opinion Apple Style! Paste back Together

Sheets to paste Opinion Structure (prev. page)

Parts of an Opinion Apple Style! Self-Correction page

I Love Apples! An Oral Class Exercise

Opinion Introduction – sentence starters

How to Introduce your Opinion

Opinions and Reasons

Johnny Appleseed topic – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed topic – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed – giving reasons (only)

The Story of Johnny Appleseed – give reasons why you liked the story

The Story of Johnny Appleseed – reasons for recommendation

The Story of Johnny Appleseed – why is it good to be generous?

Concluding my Opinion – sentence starters

Johnny Appleseed Topics for an Opinion

My Opinion: Author’s Purpose

My Opinion: Author’s Purpose

My Opinion – Hannah Goodwin

My Opinion: Johnny’s Knapsack

My Opinion: the Pioneers

My Opinion: Wilderness & Safety

My Opinion: Favorite Apple Product

My Opinion: Johnny Appleseed Street named after him

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

My Opinion - blank template - girl

My Opinion - blank template - girl

Apple Rated Opinion (filled in) Students reflect on their work sample

Apple Rated Opinion empty

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade One - Girl

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade One - Boy

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade Two - Girl

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade Two - Boy

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