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Adding Purpose to Your Opinion Writing
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of adding a purpose to opinion writing. They differentiate between facts and opinions and emphasize the need for opinions to be supported and have relevance to others. The teacher...
Englishing
ESL writing - Opinion Essay overview
This is the first video lesson for Opinion Essay writing. You will need to watch lessons 1, 2, 3 and 4 to complete the series. We suggest watching also the lesson on how to write a thesis statement posted in the same playlist (Essay...
Curated Video
Gathering Topic Ideas for Opinion Writing
In this video, the teacher explains how to gather topic ideas for opinion writing by observing people and places in one's life. The three steps discussed are: thinking about important people and places, writing down observations about...
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Using Facts and Opinions in Opinion Writing
This video is a helpful guide for students on how to effectively incorporate opinions and facts in their opinion writing. It explains the difference between opinions and facts, provides examples, and encourages students to strengthen...
Bill Carmody
Evaluative Summaries
This video is about the importance of creating evaluative summaries when evaluating something. The speaker, Bill Carmody, emphasizes the need to summarize the most important information in order to provide a concise essence of what is...
Curated Video
Writing Clear and Strong Opinion Statements
The video is a lesson on how to make the purpose of opinion writing clear. The instructor provides examples of opinion writing and shows how to identify the opinion statement and ensure that all other sentences support it. They emphasize...
Curated Video
Introducing a Topic Clearly: Adding Background Information
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of introducing a topic clearly in writing. They use examples of a clothing drive poster and an opinion piece to demonstrate how background information can make the topic more...
Lit2Go
The Two Fellows and the Bear
How does trust grow between friends, and why is it so important? Aesop's 142-word fable "The Two Fellows and the Bear," addresses the question and challenges readers to think about whether they should trust the friends in their lives. To...
Andrews McMeel Publishing
POW! A Peanuts Collection
Make a study of Charles M. Scultz's famous comic strip Peanuts in your language arts class. Class members read and discuss the baseball-themed book POW! A Peanuts Collection. After talking about themes and vocabulary, they complete...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Craft Opinion Statements That Are Debatable
Writers craft opinion statements that are debatable. Let's practice crafting a debatable opinion statement by making sure the statement takes a side and is not a fact. [10:02]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Develop a Strong Thesis Statement
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a strong thesis statement by using "BOS." [5:12]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Evaluate Your Writing by Rereading and Comparing It to Assignment
In this lesson, you will learn how to evaluate your piece's completion by deciding if it meets all the directions in the prompt. [7:37]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Plan a Response to an Opinion Piece by Rereading
In this lesson, you will learn how to plan your response for an opinion piece by rereading the text and formulating an opinion. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [8:01]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Revise for Correct Use of Facts and Opinions
This lesson takes students through a revision process focused on correct use of facts and opinions. [8:08]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Make Sure You Have Two or More Clear Reasons to Support Opinion
Provide multiple clear reasons to support an opinion (2 or more of the student's reasons are really the same reason). [5:50]