We Should Go!

The students wrapped up their opinion/persuasive writing unit with a fun writing piece titled: We Should Go!  

First, the students brainstormed places they would like to go to. This could be a place they had never been or a place they wanted to go back to.  As you can see they had some exciting places they wanted to visit.

Next, the students created pictures to help them visualize and think about the place they would like to go.

  After, we gathered back together and shared the places the students had chosen. We discussed thinking of reasons that would convince the parents to take them. We talked about putting themselves in their parents shoes and thinking of reasons why their parents would want to go to this place. We practiced by sharing a few reasons and deciding together if the reason was why the parent would like to go or themselves. 
The next step was completing a graphic organizer. Here the students wrote a topic sentence stating their opinion, chose three reasons and then elaborated with more detail about each one, and ended with a clincher restating their opinion.

After organizing their ideas on a graphic organizer,  the students were ready to write their rough drafts. Once the drafts were completed the students used editing and revising pens to check over their writing. Once this step was done each student conferenced with me to ensure all of the steps had been followed.

Finally, students took their writing to publishing, made it hallway ready, and shared with their peers.  The students enjoyed this writing very much and did a great job! Next time you are in the building, stop by our wing and take a peek :)

Common Core: W.2.1  Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
W.2.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L2.2  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.