Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

Use this sixth-grade graphic organizer worksheet to plan an argumentative essay about whether more should be done to solve a problem facing our society.

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

If your writer needs help organizing to write that big essay assignment, give them a helpful cheat-sheet full of tips on making an outline.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

Young writers are guided through the process of planning and writing a persuasive essay in this comprehensive, three-page worksheet.

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Give your students a hand with basic logic, and help them decide what kinds of statements these are.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

Before students write opinion pieces, they need to understand the difference between facts and opinions. This worksheet teaches them to do just that by having students cut out various statements and sort them into fact and opinion categories.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

In this comprehensive two-page worksheet template, young writers will find frames for crafting thoughtful, compelling persuasive essays.

Summer writing can start with drawing something fun, or thinking about their favorite parts of warm days. This worksheet is a fun quick-start for ideas.

Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Hone writing skills by identifying opinion vs fact.

Encourage children to reflect on the First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution with this multi-page worksheet.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make a claim that they can support with strong evidence.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

In this worksheet, students will use a topic and follow a structured outline to write their own persuasive paragraph.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.