Teaching students how to craft engaging opinion essay can be a challenge, especially when it comes to guiding them through the writing process. This Opinion Writing Unit is designed to take the guesswork out of teaching opinion writing while building your students’ confidence and skills.

This unit includes 13 detailed, easy-to-follow minilessons that introduce the genre and guide students through brainstorming, drafting, revising, and publishing their own opinion essays.

Lesson 1: What is Opinion Writing?

Lesson 2: Opinion Writing Topics

Lesson 3: Selecting a Topic

Lesson 4: Brainstorm & Organize

Lesson 5: Introduction Paragraph: Write a Lead

Lesson 6: Introduction Paragraph: State Your Opinion

Lesson 7: Introduction Paragraph: Rough Draft

Lesson 8: Body Paragraphs: Topic Sentences

Lesson 9: Body Paragraphs: Rough Draft

Lesson 10: Conclusion Paragraph

Lesson 11: Revision Checklist

Lesson 12: Editing

Lesson 13: Final Draft

Additional Materials Include:

• Teacher Lesson Notes for easy implementation
• A Scoring Guide to make grading easy!

Why You and Your Students Will Love This Resource:

• Step-by-Step Support: Each lesson builds on the last, ensuring students feel supported throughout the writing process.
• Flexible Formats: Use the printable pages for classroom instruction or the digital version with Google Slides or PowerPoint.
• Multiple Uses: The lesson pages can be assigned individually from day-to-day, or they can be bound into a book, or stapled into a packet, for use throughout the unit.
• Student Success: By the end of the unit, your students will have complete, polished opinion essays they can be proud of.

Ready to Make Writing Opinion Essays Easier?

This resource is designed to simplify your writing instruction while inspiring your students to create their best work. With detailed lessons and engaging activities, this unit has everything you need to guide your students through the process of successfully writing an opinion essay.

Here’s What Other Teachers are Saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I really enjoyed using this resource for an opinion writing assignment. Many of my students were able to guide themselves through writing. Such a great resource for students to use to help them feel more independent in writing."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My students thrive on this type of organization! I love that they were able to organize their opinion writing in small chunks and then piece it all together at the end. It made it feel so much more manageable and achievable to them- writing is usually a struggle!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "I love this resource! It's a complete unit that not only introduces opinion writing, but walks you through it step-by-step. The pages are neat and organized. I use this resource every year when I teach opinion writing. Thank you!"

This unit can also be found in a BUNDLE with my other writing units:

• Informative Writing
• Personal Narrative Writing
• Fictional Narrative

If you have any questions or comments about this resource, please feel free to email me at rebecca@createteachshare.com.

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