Digital Best Season Google Slides Opinion Writing Prompt and Videos

Item description

Engage students in persuasive writing at home or in the classroom with this engaging Google Slides writing project. Students will determine which season is the best, and persuade their reader that they are correct. This lesson pairs perfectly with A Stroll through the Seasons by Kay Barnham, but is not required for the project.

ALL teaching videos are already included.. simply assign and go! Excellent for digital learning, distance learning, homeschool teachers, hybrid teaching, guest teachers, student teachers and the average busy teacher!

Students will practice basic skills on Google Slides while working on this presentation. ALL TEACHING VIDEOS are included, or can be replaced with videos that you make. Simply assign, and students will be ready to go.

This unit includes 5 lessons for one week of writing.

Week Overview:

• Monday: Introduction and Prewrite – Students will learn what an opinion writing piece is and how to add bullet points to their graphic organizer

• Tuesday: Draft – Students will write a basic topic sentence, 2 reason sentences and details to support their reasons

• Wednesday: Draft – Students will finish their last 2 reasons, 2 details and add a basic closing sentence

• Thursday: Revise/Edit – Students are walked through using a basic revising and editing checklist

• Friday: Students are taught to add photos and to use a rubric to check their work before turning it in

What you get with the download:

A PDF linking to:

• Teaching Slide

• Student Planning Template

• Student Publishing Template

This was designed for second graders, but can easily be implemented in first and third grade classrooms.

These lessons build on each other, so videos might go through previously covered topics rather quickly. If you would like the comprehensive resource, upgrade to the bundle.