6 Paired Passages with Writing Prompts for Opinion & Informational Essays BUNDLE
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Do your students groan when it’s time for writing? Try these interesting opinion and informational paired passages with writing prompts to get your students excited about writing! This print-and-go resource includes 6 opinion and informational writing prompts that will help your students practice their writing skills.
Each resource includes a set of paired passages, writing prompt, planning page, and writing pages. This will allow you to stop spending hours searching for high-quality writing materials. Your students will truly enjoy reading and writing about these exciting topics.
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Hi, I'm Chloe! I taught 3rd–5th grade math for 11 years, and every resource in this shop was built for real classrooms: low prep, high engagement, and a whole lot of sneaky learning.
Do your students groan when it’s time for writing? Try these interesting opinion and informational paired passages with writing prompts to get your students excited about writing! This print-and-go resource includes 6 opinion and informational writing prompts that will help your students practice their writing skills.
Each resource includes a set of paired passages, writing prompt, planning page, and writing pages. This will allow you to stop spending hours searching for high-quality writing materials. Your students will truly enjoy reading and writing about these exciting topics.
Opinion Prompts:
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Should electric cars be required?
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Should parents monitor their child’s cell phone?
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Should students be allowed to use social media at school?
Informational Prompts:
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How do adaptations help plants and animals survive?
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What is renewable energy and why is it useful?
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How have women contributed to science?
Included in this Writing Essays Bundle:
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3 Opinion Writing Prompts
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3 Informational Writing Prompts
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2 Text Sources for Each Prompt
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Planning Sheets
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Writing Paper
Standards Covered:
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Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
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Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Ideas for Use:
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Individual Writing Practice
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Whole Group Instruction
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Partner Practice
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Substitute Plans
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Send Home as Practice
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ELA Work Stations or Centers
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Assessments
I am the author of each text, I just used different author names so students could practice citing different names.
*This was designed to be perfect practice for state writing tests! Directly aligned with Florida’s FSA format, but probably similar to your state, too!
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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
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Cyndy G. –
I was looking for some paired reading passages to use for writing. This worked for me and my students.
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Karen H. –
This is an excellent resource to have students writing text based writing. It has resources and a prompt. Students are able to gain knowledge how to prepare and write a multiparagraph essay!
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Kelly Bachewicz –
This is a fantastic resource. I love the paired passages for students to work with!
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Darcy G. –
This is a great resource my students found it to be entertaining and easy to complete on their own. My co-teacher thought it was a excellent resource to reinforce what was taught to the kids. Great for prepping them for the State Test
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Angela T. –
This was a great resource to use with my students to help them learn to cite evidence from multiple texts when writing opinion pieces.
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Catherine D. –
Great product for reviewing and preparing for state tests at the end of the year.
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Bobbi C. –
This was a perfect way to engage students in writing after their state writing test. The articles were interesting and students enjoyed reading them.
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Brianne L. –
I plan on using this for test prep next year with all of my students. This year I only used it as a replacement assignment for a student who needed to redo an assignment. I am excited to use it to help my students become better writers.
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Stacy W. –
This was such a good resource! My students enjoyed it! Thank you!
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Teaching Comes First –
This is exactly what I needed. Resources for writing prompts that will prepare my students for the SBAC exam.
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Brianna M. –
My students had a really easy time being engaged in the topics that this resource offers.
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Sheri K. –
This was a great resource for my 4th graders. They really did well with this!
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Amy L. –
Great way to learn to write argumentative essays. My students seemed to get it after this.
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Ashlie T. –
Great resource to use with students for writing with passages.
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The Glittering Educator –
Amazing resource and perfect for all of my learners!
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Laci Bolster –
These prompts are helpful in preparing students for specific writing types.
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Kerri Dillander –
I like this resource I wish there was a digital version I could use for Google Classroom.
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Alea Brandt –
This was a great way to prep my students for the state writing performance task. I loved how it gave them two sources to reference. It was a great practice for them!
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The Fabulous Literacy Lab –
Amazing resource to use to help with essay writing! Students enjoyed the prompts.
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Amanda D. –
I enjoyed having these with little prep for students. I liked how the paired passaged had more than one type of prompt
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Heather H. –
My students enjoyed using these paired passages. We read the passages together as a class. The one about cell phone/ social media use in the classroom sparked a lot of good conversation. The students were excited to write about something that was relevant to them today.
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Patricia P. –
This is a great resource used to prepare my students for state testing, along with using two articles to form an opinion or informative writing.
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Pat Winland –
I HAVE USED THIS AND ADAPTED FOR STEP UP TO WRITING ACTIVITIES
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Jennifer Hoying –
This resource is great to use to teach students how to write informational and opinion essays. I also use it to help prep students before taking the end of year test.
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Carla Sexton –
I love this resource because it includes solid writing prompts that align to state expectations.
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Jessica F. –
Your teaching resources are fantastic! The clarity and creativity you bring to your materials make them incredibly valuable for both educators and students. Thank you for sharing your expertise on Teachers Pay Teachers. Your contributions make a positive impact in classrooms everywhere!
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