Let's FRAME Our Halloween Opinion Writing!

Halloween Opinion Writing | FRAME™ Analysis & Writing Activity

Should Halloween be celebrated on the last Saturday in October?

Give your students a fun question to investigate while building the analytical thinking skills they need to develop and support an opinion.

This Halloween opinion writing activity takes students beyond simply choosing a side. Using the FRAME: Focus, Recognize, Analyze, Make Meaning, Explain™ analysis strategy, your students will work through the thinking that comes before writing. As they complete the FRAME analysis steps, they will consider the pros and cons of moving Halloween, develop their position, and prepare to explain their reasoning.

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Students will then use structured planning pages to organize their ideas before writing their opinion essay.

What's Included

? Halloween opinion writing prompt
? FRAME Analysis Guide
? Opinion essay planning pages
? Decorative final writing pages
? Teacher's guide
? Opinion writing rubric 

Designed for upper elementary students, this resource supports whole-group instruction, small-group instruction, writing centers, and independent writing.

Help students do more than state an opinion. Provide them with a process for developing and supporting one.

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