Book Vs. Movie: Writing a Compare and Contrast Opinion Essay
4.9 (351 reviews)Don’t judge a book by its movie! Students LOVE to watch the movie version of a book they have just read, which presents teachers with a valuable opportunity to teach compare-and-contrast/opinion writing. This complete resource will take your students through the entire process of writing a 5-paragr
- Grade
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 37
- Answer key
- Writing Samples and Rubric Included
- Teaching duration
- 3 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Don’t judge a book by its movie! Students LOVE to watch the movie version of a book they have just read, which presents teachers with a valuable opportunity to teach compare-and-contrast/opinion writing.
This complete resource will take your students through the entire process of writing a 5-paragraph essay with 11 detailed lessons and supporting student planning pages.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. {Grades 4-8}
Lesson 1- Viewing the Movie, Venn Diagram
Lesson 2- Getting Started: Compare and Contrast
Lesson 3- Pre-Writing: Thinking About an Essay
Lesson 4- The “Meat”: Writing the Body of Your Essay
Lesson 5- Essential Component: Writing a Thesis Statement
Lesson 6- First Impression: Writing the Introduction to Your Essay
Lesson 7- It’s a Wrap!: Writing a Concluding Paragraph
Lesson 8- Familiarize Your Students with the Grading Rubric
Lesson 9- Putting It All Together: First Draft
Lesson 10- Self and Peer Editing
Lesson 11- Time to Publish and Assess
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Great Set of Spiral Reviews
I started teaching at the beginning of February in a third grade classroom. I am filling a teacher's leave until the end of school. THe other third grade teachers gave me spiral review activity sheets to use during morning work for a few weeks. I noticed that they had their own set of spiral reviews and they were all a little different. I used them for 2 or 3 weeks and decided to look online for my own. Since I am a new teacher, I do not have alot of money and I am having to be really frugal. I am even considering trying to make my own, but just can't find the time. As I was lookingon TPT, I came across your Daily Math SPiral Review and I loved it! I like the way it is laid out and I started using them in my classroom. I love them and my students seem to understand the questions/problems on the worksheets. I hope to make my own set one day, but was glad to find yours on TPT.
Year-long review
While this covers standards for 6th grade ELA, I wish there is more variety in the types of questions. It is also difficult to review all of the concepts when some of them are taught later in the year.
Great resource
Loved the variety of activities (both guided and independent) to practice using dialogue in writing.
Lovely resource
This was a great resource to support deeper thinking for my Grade 5/6 book clubs! Highly recommend.
Kids love doing these!
These are a refreshing way to take notes that can become rather monotonous. There are tons of options which helps to be able to pick and choose what you need to focus on and the options are there. The only thing is that they took a long time to download and sort.
Questions & Answers (9)
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Do you have an editable version of this? I'd like to translate it into Spanish for my ML students. Thanks.
Unfortunately, I am unable to provide an editable version of this resource because I created it using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
I tried to access the student sample but none of the links seem to work. Can you please fix that or send the link?
Sorry about that. All of the samples are in the PDF. However, I just corrected the hyperlinks so you can click on them to go right to the pages.
Are you ever going to make a digital version?
At this time we do not have plans for a digital version.
Hi-
I was just wondering if you've happened to make a digital copy of this? I have been making screenshots and turning into google slides, but was keeping my fingers crossed for a digital/editable option. :)
Thank you for reaching out! Unfortunately, we do not have a digital version of this resource.
Is there a digital version of this?
No, we do not have a digital version of this resource.
Hi,
I am really excited to use your product. However, I teach Spanish Dual Immersion and will be doing this assignment in Spanish. Is there any way I can edit the text in order to translate it to Spanish? Thank you!
Hi Adrienne, you are more than welcome to translate the resource for your personal use. Unfortunately, I don’t have an editable version of this resource since I created it in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.
I just purchased this and love it. However, do you by chance have this in a digital format so that it can be assigned to the students through Google Classroom?
Hi Lisa! I don’t have a digital version for this, but you’re are more than welcome to use an annotation app (e.g., Notability) with the resource.
I can't open the links for each student sample. I would love to show the pre-made examples to my class since some of my class already read the Island of the Blue Dolphin.
Hi Kathleen.
Please make sure you are opening and printing the file from the latest version of Adobe Reader. If you are still having trouble, please contact TpT. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Contact
Is this aligned with the common core writing standards?
Hello! Yes it is.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. {Grades 4-8}
