Christmas Opinion Writing Step-by-Step (Winter Holiday Would You Rather)

Christmas-themed step-by-step opinion writing activity. This LOW PREP resource includes cards, research report pages, opinion writing graphic organizers, and more.

It makes a great addition to your Christmas or holidays unit studies; writing lessons or centers; or just for fun. Perfect for second grade, third grade, and fourth grade classrooms, homeschool families, and cooperatives.

After printing the cards, each student should pick or be assigned 2 Christmas characters to research. (There are 120 unique combinations of the 16 cards.) Research can be done individually or in small groups. Based on their findings, students should present their opinion in response to the assigned writing prompt. This can be done orally or using the included graphic organizers.

CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS INCLUDE:

• Alabaster Snowball

• Blitzen

• Bushy Evergreen

• Comet

• Cupid

• Dancer

• Dasher

• Donner

• Pepper Minstix

• Prancer

• Rudolph

• Santa

• Shinny Upatree

• Sugarplum Mary

• Vixen

• Wunorse Openslae

THIS RESOURCE COVERS:

• English language arts

• Grammar

• History

• Reading

• Research

• Social studies

• Writing

Instructions

Christmas character cards (16 in color and 16 in B&W)

Mix and match research report pages

Differentiated opinion writing graphic organizers (3 levels)

Step-by-step opinion writing instructions and checklists

Sentences starters and transitions