Concept II: Writers generate and rehearse their persuasive essay.
Session 1 Writers think across their day and reflect on strong feelings to list strong opinions.
Session 2 Writers use common phrases to state a strong essay claim.
Session 3 Writers develop reasons to support their claim.
Session 4 Writers evaluate reasons with an audience in mind.
Session 5 Writers use boxes and bullets to help organize their ideas.
Concept III: Writers plan and draft their persuasive essays.
Session 6 Writers use personal experience as evidence to support their reasons.
Session 7 Writers use others to build convincing evidence for their claim.
Session 8 Teacher’s choice based on student’s needs.
Session 9 Writers use boxes and bullets to sort and organize their evidence.
Session 10 Writers draft by organizing their Boxes and Bullets into paragraphs.
Session 11 Writers use a student checklist to set goals.
Concept IV: Writers revise and edit to make their persuasive essay more effective.
Session 12 Writers revise by cross-checking for structure and basic elements of a text type.
Session 13 Writers revise by emphasizing or repeating words to create a convincing tone.
Session 14 Writers revise their introductions to hook their readers.
Session 15 Writers use words and phrases to link each part of the essay to the claim.
Session 16 Writers write conclusions that restate their claim and ask their reader to take action.
Session 17 Writers fix their words so their readers take their writing seriously.
Session 18 Writers share their opinions with the world
Concept V: Writers independently plan and publish persuasive essays.
Session 19 Writers re-evaluate their writing using their student checklist.
Session 20 Writers work independently using an opinion journey checklist.
Session 21 Teacher’s choice based on student’s needs.
Session 22 Writers think carefully about how to use their evidence.
Session 23 Teacher’s choice based on student’s needs.
Session 24 Writers edit their writing in the midst of planning and drafting.
Session 25 Writers practice reading their writing to make sure it sounds convincing.
Session 26 Writers share work they are proud of.
Session 27 Writers reflect on their writing growth.
