Beginning

Opinion Writing
***Over 60
different
writing prompts***

***4 different
formats***

***Full color cards

for whole group
shared reading or
graphing***
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This set is a great way to give your
students practice with opinion writing. There
are 60 different “this or that” writing
prompts. On each page, there are two
choices at the top. Students choose one of
the topics and write about it. There are
four different formats:
* The first set has “I like ______ because
_______.” This sentence frame will support
beginning writers.
* The second set has blank lines for students to
write their own story.
* The third set also has “I like ______ because
_______.” sentence frames, but it also uses
handwriting lines.
* The fourth set has blank handwriting lines for
students to write their own story.

In addition to the student writing prompts, there

are also full-color cards to match each prompt.
These can be used for whole group
interactive/shared writing or for graphing
purposes.
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The following prompts are included:
*Crayons or markers?
*Paint or play dough?
*Slide or swings?
*Red or blue?
* Yellow or green?
*Orange or purple?
*Slide or swings?
*Brown bear or red bird?
*Blue horse or green frog?
*Yellow duck or purple cat?
*White dog or black sheep?
*Listening to books or reading books?
*Reading to myself or reading together?
*Writing or working with words?
*Dogs or cats?
*Rabbits or lizards?
*Baseball or basketball?
*Football or soccer?
*Bike or skateboard?
*Teddy bear or doll?
*Sail boat or dump truck?
*Princess or dragon?
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*Pizza or spaghetti?
*Peanut butter or jelly?
*Fruit or vegetables?
*Apples or bananas?
*Grapes or strawberries?
*Cake or candy?
*Bacon or eggs?
*Cereal or pancakes?
*Fall or spring?
*Summer or winter?
*Halloween costume: bat or monster?
*Halloween costume: bunny or frog?
*Halloween costume: pumpkin or super hero?
*Halloween racer: witch or ghost?
*Thanksgiving dinner: turkey or mashed potatoes?
*Thanksgiving dinner: pumpkin pie or rolls?
*Santa or Rudolph?
*Gingerbread man or fox?
*Gloves or mittens?
*Hibernating animals: bear or snake?
*Skating or sledding?
*Penguin or polar bear?
*George Washington or Abraham Lincoln?
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*Leprechaun or pot of gold?
*Rain or snow?
*Jelly beans or chocolate bunny?
*Ladybug or butterfly?
*Swimming or building a sand castle?
*Sea horse or octopus?
*Dolphin or shark?
*Circus or zoo?
*Fire fighter or police officer?
*Horse or cow?
*Pig or sheep?
*Square or circle?
*Rectangle or triangle?
*Star or heart?
*Cone or cube?
*Cylinder or sphere?
*Pyramid or rectangular prism?

Fonts from Hello Literacy

Graphics from Scrappin Doodles, Pink Cat Studios,
Ashley Hughes, Sonya DeHart Designs, KPM
Doodles, DigiWeb Studio, Charlotte’s Clips, and
Krista Wallden.
 Set 1:
“I like _______ because
________.” sentence
frames with blank lines
Name __________________

or

crayons markers

I like ________________

because _______________

______________________

______________________
Name __________________

or

paint play dough

I like the ______________

because _______________

______________________

______________________
 Set 2:
Blank lines for students
to write their own story.
Name __________________

or

crayons markers

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________
Name __________________

or

paint play dough

______________________

______________________

______________________

______________________
 Set 3:
“I like _______ because
________.” sentence
frames with handwriting
lines
Name __________________

or

crayons markers

I like_________
because ________

____________
____________
Name __________________

or

paint play dough

_______
I like the

because ________

____________
____________
 Set 4:
Handwriting lines for
students to write their
own story.
Name __________________

or

crayons markers

____________
____________
____________
____________
Name __________________

or

paint play dough

____________
____________
____________
____________
 Full Color
Cards
These cards can be
used for whole group
shared/interactive writing
or for pre-writing graphing
activities.
crayons

markers

paint

play dough
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at the TPT store.
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please send me a message through TPT or
email me at meliss2519@yahoo.com

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