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T: Now it’s your turn to think about your point of view, your opinions, and what you care about deeply. I want you to start a list of possible opinion and persuasive topics in your writer’s notebook. This doesn’t mean that you have to write about them; it’s just a way to get you thinking about possible topics. And we’ll keep adding to these as we continue to learn about opinion writing.

With those directions, students work independently on their list of topics. Inviting students in on the search for examples of a type of writing is a staple in my class. It creates student ownership and they find examples I could never imagine (Ray, 2006).