Writing is awesome! You know what makes writing even better? When you have controversial topics in which to write that gets your students fired up! In this packet, you'll find high-interest topics such as video game addiction, video game violence, earbuds causing hearing loss, elimination of recess, beaver dams and more.
Paired texts, transition words chart, Graphic organizers, video weblinks, answer key, and rubric included!
Great for Common Core standards: W3.1 (a,b,c,d); W4.1 (a,b,c,d); W5.1