Would You Rather Opinion Writing Prompts | Opinion Writing Activities

Are you looking for a fun and effective way to teach opinion writing while getting even your reluctant writers excited to put pencil to paper? These Would You Rather Opinion Writing Prompts combine high-interest choices, critical thinking, and structured writing practice to help students develop strong opinion writing skills in an engaging and meaningful way.

Students love debating fun topics like whether they would rather have bunny ears or a monkey tail, live in a castle or on a pirate ship, play soccer or football, or ride a roller coaster or ferris wheel. Each prompt encourages students to make a choice, explain their thinking, and support their opinion with reasons. The result is authentic writing practice that students actually look forward to completing! This resource includes beginning opinion writing pages with a trace and write scaffold, and ones that focus on providing one reason and more advanced pages that challenge students to provide three supporting reasons for their opinion.

Perfect for opinion writing units, writing centers, morning work, literacy stations, early finishers, substitute plans, homework, and seasonal writing activities, this resource provides tons of opportunities for students to strengthen their writing skills throughout the school year.

Each page includes a fun “Would You Rather?” scenario, an illustration component where students color their choice, and a writing section where they explain their opinion with supporting reasons. Students are naturally motivated to share their ideas, making this an excellent resource for building confidence and stamina in young writers.

What’s Included?

This comprehensive opinion writing resource contains 35 high-interest Would You Rather prompts covering a variety of topics that appeal to young learners. A few examples of the topics are:

• Would you rather have a monkey tail or bunny ears?
• Would you rather fly like a bird or swim like a fish?
• Would you rather live in a pirate ship or a castle?
• Would you rather use crayons or paint?
• Would you rather be an astronaut or a firefighter?
• Would you rather hop like a kangaroo or climb like a mountain goat?

This pack even includes customizable “Create Your Own” pages, allowing teachers and students to develop additional Would You Rather scenarios that connect to classroom themes, seasonal units, science topics, social studies lessons, or student interests.

This resource supports essential opinion writing standards and foundational writing skills, including:

✔ Opinion Writing

✔ Stating an Opinion

✔ Supporting Opinions with Reasons

✔ Writing Complete Sentences

✔ Expanding Ideas

✔ Critical Thinking

✔ Oral Language Development

✔ Writing Organization

✔ Reasoning and Justification

✔ Vocabulary Development

✔ Drawing and Writing Connections

✔ Creative Thinking

Students learn that strong opinions are supported by evidence and reasons rather than simply stating a preference. The progression from providing one reason to providing three reasons helps scaffold instruction and support differentiated learning.

Because students are naturally excited to share their preferences, these prompts create authentic writing experiences that help young learners develop confidence in expressing and defending their ideas. Teachers often find that students who struggle during traditional writing lessons become much more willing to participate when presented with fun Would You Rather scenarios.

I love teaching opinion writing and this unit is always one of my students favorites! I promise, you and your students will love it, too!