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Opinion Writing – Week 3
Disclaimer: No need to print this entire packet. Students may take notes, answer the research questions, and
write their drafts on paper or in their notebooks. Final drafts should be on loose paper or typed.
Your school board is trying to decide whether to buy educational video games and
devices that play them to use in classrooms. The school board has asked some
students, including you, to share their opinions about whether this is a good idea.
You will write an essay to present to members of the school board that states your
opinion. Here are some ideas about what to include in your essay:
State your opinion about whether the school board should spend money for
educational video games and devices to play them.
Support your opinion with information from the sources you have read.
Student Directions
To develop your opinion, you will read a blog, an interview, and a letter to the
editor of a newspaper. A blog is a website on which people share opinions,
thoughts, and information. In the blog, our teachers write about the reasons for
and against using educational video games in the classroom. In the interview, a
fifth grade teacher describes her experience with using educational video games
in her classroom on a radio program called Education Today Radio. In the letter
to the editor, Bob Gebhart, wrote the letter to express his opinions about using
educational video games in the classroom. Take notes about what you learn and
use information from the sources and your notes to answer research questions
and write your stories. You may handwrite or type your final drafts.
Monday
4/06
Tuesday
4/07
Wednesday
4/08
Thursday
4/09
Friday
4/10
*Read a blog
and interview
and take notes
*Read letter to
the editor and
take notes
*Write
responses to
research
questions
*Write draft of
essay
*Revise,
proofread, edit
essay draft,
and write final
Remember that a well-written essay:
States an opinion
Gives reasons that support the opinion
Explains information clearly
Provides a conclusion
Uses language appropriate to the purpose and task
Follows rules for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
Blog Notes
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