FREE Six Traits of Writing Mini Lessons – Opinion Writing Ideas

Get a FREE sample of 3 Six Traits of Writing mini lessons focused on the Ideas trait in opinion, persuasive, and argument writing!

These brief, teacher-led mini lessons take approximately 10–15 minutes and help students develop and strengthen ideas for opinion writing. Each lesson targets a different grade band, making this resource useful for elementary teachers in grades K–5.

This FREE resource includes 3 Ideas mini lessons:

• Grades K–1: Focusing the Topic
• Grades 2–3: Using Details
• Grades 4–5: Developing the Topic

These lessons are part of a larger collection of 18 opinion and persuasive writing mini lessons covering all Six Traits of Writing: Ideas, Organization, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, and Conventions.

The lessons were developed to support teachers using a trait-based approach to writing instruction and incorporate mentor texts and lesson ideas inspired by The Writing Thief by Ruth Culham. Ideas and language originating from the book are clearly cited within the resource.

Use these lessons during writing workshop, whole-group instruction, small groups, or an opinion, persuasive, or argument writing unit.

Try these three lessons for FREE, then explore the complete 18-lesson Six Traits of Writing bundle for additional writing instruction and practice.

This is a FREE digital download in PDF format.