Comments on: Opinion Writing for a Cause in the Classroom https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom The classroom teacher's guide to a fun, low stress year Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: Tara Dusko https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/#comment-279 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:16:00 +0000 https://teachwithouttears.com/?p=662#comment-279 In reply to Christine Weis.

I love the idea of using the debates in Scholastic News. That’s a great way to get your students thinking about persuasive writing from the moment they enter the room. I’m going to have to try that next year.

]]> By: Tara Dusko https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/#comment-278 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:14:05 +0000 https://teachwithouttears.com/?p=662#comment-278 In reply to Sarah.

Haha, my third graders have lots of complaints. No one had any trouble finding a problem at our school. Luckily, they were equally able to think of solutions!

]]> By: Tara Dusko https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/#comment-276 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:12:08 +0000 https://teachwithouttears.com/?p=662#comment-276 In reply to Amy.

Thanks, Amy! You’re right – all of their graphic organizers are amazing.

]]> By: Amy https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/#comment-271 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:46:24 +0000 https://teachwithouttears.com/?p=662#comment-271 I love the graphic organizers on readwritethink, too! These are all great ideas for getting students to express their opinions.

]]> By: Sarah https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/#comment-268 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:29:34 +0000 https://teachwithouttears.com/?p=662#comment-268 All great ideas! I saw an idea the other day very similar to this where the teacher had them start by “complaining”. They then moved on to supporting their “complaint” with facts, and using facts to argue their case. It seemed like a very engaging process to take the students through. Thanks so much for sharing this!

]]> By: Christine Weis https://teachwithouttears.com/opinion-writing-for-a-cause-in-the-classroom/#comment-267 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:30:41 +0000 https://teachwithouttears.com/?p=662#comment-267 Yes! I taught third grade and we had so much fun with debates and writing persuasively. Persuasive writing is something that kids do naturally well. Being a mom of 7 year old, he uses his persuasive skills to negotiate and to reason quite often. Sometimes it really works. LOL! My students were pretty good at writing for a cause or for something they really wanted. I saved Scholastic News which always had a great question for debate. I posted that question on my morning message white board every day throughout this unit and the kids would write a reason to support either side on a post it note. It led into a great discussion and to my writer’s workshop mini lesson that day. Thanks for sharing your great lesson ideas too!

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