These engaging writing activities will introduce and develop essential persuasive writing skills!This workbook contains 50 guided 2-page exercises where students decide on the best and worst features of a person, place, event, activity, or situation.Each activity asks students to list three positive and three negative aspects of the given topic. Students then choose the best and the worst aspect and write a short paragraph explaining the choice.Each topic also includes a full-length writing task where students use the three good points or the three bad points as supporting ideas for a complete opinion piece.Key Benefits- Introduces and develops strong persuasive writing skills- Simple, straightforward, and engaging activities give students ongoing practice- Students have extensive practice brainstorming and listing reasons and supporting ideas- Encourages students to produce well-organized full-length opinion pieces- Includes full-length writing tasks for opinion pieces, essays, letters, articles, and flyers- Format allows for review and feedback as the student progresses- Encourages critical thinking by having students think of pros and cons for a wide range of topics Develops the Argumentative Writing Skills Listed in the B.E.S.T. English Language Arts Standards- Forming and clearly stating an opinion- Brainstorming reasons and selecting the strongest reasons- Supporting a point of view with reasons- Using details and examples to support ideas- Producing focused and organized opinion pieces- Structuring opinion pieces based on supporting ideas