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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A very helpful resource
This resource is helpful to review previously learned skills for my 4th grade students. It also helps me determine which skills I need to reteach.
Very Useful!
I teach 5th grade but have found that I spend a great deal of time reviewing 4th grade skills students forgot before we can even touch on our grade level concepts. I used most of these pages to help review the skills and made a booklet for the students. I just wish there was a version that did not have page numbers on them so I can put them in the order that supports our grade level curriculum.
Very Useful
I really enjoy this resource and the students are having fun taking notes on it. It covers everything we teach for 5th grade. I just wish there was a version that did not have page numbers on them. I ordered the pages so it follows along with our curriculum and made a booklet for the kids but the numbers already on them don't align to this order.
Helpful, but has not been added to lately
When can we expect the Decimal Operations doodle pages?
These are so much fun, and look so inviting in the student binders. I really want to keep using them because they are terrific.
Hello, Lauren. This is a growing bundle. The price will increase each time I add more sketch notes. Previous buyers will get all new units that I add for free. The price is based on the current material included in the bundle. Buyers are not promised future materials because this bundle is priced according to current value.
Good for guided work
I bought these for homework for my 4th graders and I think I need to work with them on a couple first to teach them how to answer some of the questions. Some are worded in a confusing way but others are great and hit the standards well. I do like that some of the topics align with our reading program topics but not in the same order which means sometimes I have to cross out questions that relate to a previous one we haven't done yet. Overall though I find it beneficial.
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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}
