First Grade Persuasive Letter Writing Lessons {1st Grade Writing Workshop Unit 7}
Persuasive / opinion letter writing lessons, writing rubrics, printable writing paper, posters and visuals, graphic organizers for planning, and more - for first grade students!
This 4 week unit will help you teach your first grade students to write letters to share their opinions!
The lessons first teach students the basics of persuasive letter writing. Students begin by writing persuasive letters to friends to convince them to try out their favorite activities. Then, students write persuasive letters to solve problems and inspire change in their classroom, school, or home.
This unit is designed to be taught toward the middle or end of the year.
In this unit, students will learn how to:
- Plan and write persuasive letters to share their opinions
- Support an opinion with two or more reasons and supporting details
- Write introductory and concluding sentences
- Use adjectives and transition words in their writing
- Write in complete sentences and combine sentences
- Revise and edit independently and with a partner
This unit includes:
- 19 detailed minilessons that will last almost 4 weeks
- Daily language arts/grammar exercises that complement the minilessons
- Clear unit goals, daily objectives, and Common Core alignment
- Posters, visual aids, a writing stages display, and other materials to go with the minilessons (all color materials also have black and white versions included)
- Ideas for technology integration
- Printable writing paper
- FAQs and important information to help you set up the writing workshop
- Rubrics, anecdotal note forms, and other materials to help you get organized
- An opinion writing rubric that you can use throughout the year
- 110 pages of materials and resources
This is the seventh unit in an 8-unit writing curriculum series for first grade. CLICK HERE to view all of the units in a discounted bundle.
Please contact Alison at Alison@LearningAtThePrimaryPond.com if you have any questions about the materials!