Opinion Writing Worksheets : Page 2

This fun, fantastical writing prompt is a great way to practice persuasive writing, an important part of upper-elementary composition.

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.

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.

Children will use this simple template to write a friendly letter to Santa Claus.

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

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

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

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.

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

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

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

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.

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

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.

Should children have to spend time outdoors during the winter months? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

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

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

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

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.

Are kids today spending enough time outdoors?  Make your case in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle grades!

Should students have to complete assignments over winter break? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

What do you like to do when you listen to music? Practice writing sentences by answering this question and more about music in this creative writing worksheet.

Kids practice argument writing with this claims worksheet.

Using this template, young writers will draft their topic sentence, reasons, and concluding sentence.

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

Young writers respond to three relatable prompts in this three-page nonfiction writing exercise.

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.