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Writing an Opinion Essay Student Unit Objective: I can write an opinion essay. Student objective: I can pull apart the prompt and identify the most important part. 2

I can pull apart the prompt and identify the most important part. 3

The most important prewriting activity is to think about what you are going to write about. Good writing is about… • Tearing the prompt apart • Organizing your writing • Including all your parts: Introduction, Body, and Conclusion • Rereading what you’ve written • Editing and Revising National Rt. I Writing Demonstration Project

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P – Pull Apart the Prompt O – Organize Information W – Write and Say More 6

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What is a Prompt? A prompt is a question or an instruction that tells you what you're supposed to write. For example, a prompt might instruct you to write about… • a story you have read • your opinion on a topic • something you need to explain • a research topic

Pull Apart the Prompt 1. Read all of the prompt. 2. Read the prompt again and find the most important part. 3. Ask yourself, “What does the most important part ask me to do? ”. 10

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Writing an Opinion Essay Student objective: I can pull apart the prompt and identify the most important part. 12

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read two texts about the lost colony of Roanoke. Write an opinion essay telling what you think happened to the lost colonists. Be sure to use facts and details from both passages to support your essay. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 13

Pull Apart the Prompt Our essay must answer the question from the prompt. How can we know what question the prompt is asking? Give me a P! 14

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read two text: Gasp! The Benefits of Child Labor in the Developing World and Child Labor: How to Help. After reading the two articles, you felt strongly about the issue and wanted to write a letter to the editor of your school newspaper giving your opinion as to whether or not child labor has a place in our society today. Be sure to use facts and details from both passages to support your essay. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 15

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. Write a 1 -2 paragraph essay explaining the similarities between Yertle the Turtle and The Boys Who Fought Hitler. Be sure to use facts and details from both passages to support your essay. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay. 16

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read two excerpts: Where the Red Fern Grows and Hatchet. Write 2 -3 paragraphs explaining the differences between Billy and Brian’s appearance. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay. 17

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read an excerpt from Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom tricks his friends to whitewash a fence for him. At the end, Tom has learned that in order to make a person want something, “it is only necessary to make thing difficult to get. ” Write a narrative, set in modern times, that teaches the same lesson Tom learned. Be sure to use the voice of a narrator, as well as dialogue, in your story. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 18

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. Write a 1 – 3 paragraph explanation of how animals use their bodies to sense the world around them. Your explanation must be based on ideas and information that can be found in the “Animals Senses” set. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay. 19

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read excerpts from two novels: Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop and Iqbal by Fransesco D’Adamo. In these excerpts, both of the main characters are willing to take serious personal risks to stop the use of child labor. As you reread the texts, think about which character is taking greater risks, Miss Lesley or Iqbal? Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 20

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph essay. 21

WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. It’s no secret that sometimes great discoveries come as a result of really big mistakes. But are they always worth the problems they cause? Sometimes the mistakes lead to greatness, and sometimes they lead to disaster. Are mistakes key to making discoveries? Write an essay for your science class web site arguing whether or not mistakes are a key part of discoveries. Your essay must be based on ideas, concepts, and information from the “Goofs and Great Inventions” passage set. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 22

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Exit Ticket WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read two texts about Thomas Edison’s inventions. Write an opinion essay telling if you think that the light bulb or the phonograph was Edison’s the greatest invention. Be sure to use facts and details from both passages to support your essay. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 24

Exit Ticket WRITE DOWN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROMPT. You have read two texts about the growing of tobacco and cotton in our countries history. Write an opinion essay telling which crop that you think has affected our country’s history the most. Be sure to use facts and details from both passages to support your essay. Follow conventions of standard written English. Manage your time carefully so that you can • Plan your essay • Write your essay • Revise and edit your essay Your written response should be in the form of a multiparagraph essay. 25