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Lesson Overview
The teacher will model how POW + TREE will be used to write an opinion essay. The teacher will
model self-statements during the process.
Student Objectives
● Students will orally say the mnemonic POW + TREE, stating what each part stands for.
● Students will locate essay parts for essays read aloud in class.
● Students will take notes on the essay modeling lesson.
● Students will write self-statements for the POW + TREE writing strategy.
Materials
● POW + TREE Mnemonic for Older students (Hard Copy or Digital Copy)
● POW + TREE Graphic Organizer for Older Students (Hard Copy or Digital Copy)
● Essay Rocket Graphs for Older Students
● My Self-Statements
● Essay Prompts
● Paper, Pencils, Scratch Paper (or Digital Devices)
Students are to be assessed orally on the memorization of POW + TREE. It is essential that they
memorize it for the writing tasks, so have students review and practice if they don’t do well. Remind
them that they will be tested each day as to stress the importance.