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Opinion Essay Essentials
Opinion essays have a structure that is fairly easy to dissect. This lesson includes an anchor essay which students will mark up, a mixed-up essay outline for them to sort, and a web for them to organize ideas for their own essay.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify the parts of an essay and generate ideas in their own graphic organizer.
Introduction
(10 minutes)
- Ask students to work with a partner or with a table group and consider how they would respond if the principal said they were going to take recess away. Change this issue out with a different one if it doesn’t apply.
- They will have strong feelings, but direct them to generate a list of reasons for their position.
- Share responses and decide on three main reasons as a class. Write them on the board.
- Tell students that they just created an outline for an opinion/persuasive essay.
- Discuss possible titles for the essay. Examples might include: "Recess: A Key to Learning," "Recess is Good for Kids," and "Why Recess Shouldn’t Be Disposable."