This opinion writing unit is meant to reach your learners on the adapted curriculum and the general curriculum at the same time! Students will learn to generate or choose an opinion, as well as tell the difference between fact and opinion.

Students in special education who are non-writers can benefit from this resource.

This unit is intended to reach all your special learners with various levels of differentiation.

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I have always had a hard time meeting the needs of my students on grade level and on the adapted curriculum track. This unit meets both needs at the same time.

2 levels are included:

Level 1- No physical writing- cut/paste- (adapted curriculum)

Level 2- writing (general education curriculum)

Also included is:

• 3 mentor text activities using the following books (books not included)
  • “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” by Mo Willems
  • “Hey, Little Ant” by Phillip and Anna Hoos
  • “Earings” by Judith Viorst

• Anchor charts
  • Fact vs. Opinion
  • What do Good Opinion Writers Do?
  • Editing Checklist
  • Abbreviations
  • Commas in a Series

• Opinion Writing Idea Bank

• Differentiated Practice Pages (fact vs. opinion, abbreviations, commas in a series)

• 10 Opinion topics with cut/paste pages

Not sure how to use this resource? Check out this blog post to help:

https://totallyautism.net/engaging-students-with-ot-difficulties-in-the-writing-process/

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This resource covers the following Virginia SOLs for grades 1-3

1.12b- use prewriting activities to generate ideas

1.12c- focus on one topic

1.2d- organize writing to suite a purpose

1.2g- use letters to phonetically spell words

1.2h- share writing with others

2.10a- understand writing as a process

2.10c-use prewriting strategies to generate ideas before writing

2.10e- organize writing to include a beginning, middle, and end

2.10i- revise writing for clarity

2.11- The student will edit for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and Standard English

3.8a- engage in writing as a process

3.8c- use a variety of prewriting strategies

3.8d- use organizational strategies to structure writing according to type.

3.9- The student will edit for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and Standard English.