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Professional Learning at Bourchier St: 18/10/2010

Persuasive writing in some resources may be referred to as Expositions.

Purpose: To argue the case for or against a particular point of view.

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Build vocabulary: Handy phases can be found at:

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/files/persuasivewordsphrases.pdf

Labels for the classroom can be found at:

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/files/persuasionwords.pdf

A list of powerful words can be found at:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/pdf/april05_unit/PowerfulWord.pdf

Emotive words are used in persuasive texts. Here is a list:

http://copywritingkid.com/?p=17

Teaching strategies:

1. Implement stick and peg debates in your classroom as a part of the planning of the

persuasive text.

Presents a

point of view

with supporting

evidence.

Is often used to

influence

opinion or to

sell something.

Structure of a persuasive text.

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- The students have three icy pole sticks. The students have the opportunity to

express three arguments to support their point of view. When there are no

sticks left the debate/discussion stops.

- For younger students provide clothes pegs that they can attach to their

clothing. This works the same as the sticks.

- You can determine the number of sticks/pegs.

- Provide a different colour stick or peg so the students can ask questions.

2. Implement a four corners debate as part of the planning of a persuasive text.

- The students engage in an exchange of ideas in response to a text read,

elaborating and justifying their responses to the text.

- The students elect the stance of strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly

disagree

- The students then write a reaction to the position they selected.

What would be an issue that your students could debate?

If you are unsure of debate topics check out the list at:

http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/search.php?junior=yes

3. Evaluate current persuasive texts to build the students understandings of the text type. Leaflet Evaluations - Children read a 'flyer' from a place of interest and evaluate it to see if it

helps attract visitors, before possibly designing their own.

Is there a venue that the students would relate to?

4. With older students implement a Persuasive writing web quest.

Webquest - Fuse

5. Analyse advertisements to encourage students to look closely at things they see every day.

The following site is an excellent resource for teachers to visit to access suitable

advertisements for analysis. http://www.visit4info.com/

6. Have a hothothothot seat in your classroom. The students are given 30-60 seconds to promote

a product, location, movie, song, website, toy, food, venue, sport…..An inflatable

chair is awesome for this task as it is fun and when deflated easy to store.

What do you think your students could promote in the hot seat?

7. Use this online tool that provides the framework to develop a persuasive text. The

online tool could be used for the whole class focus or during independent writing. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/

8. With students in Year 3 and beyond you may wish to share this PowerPoint which outlines the

features of persuasive text.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson56/persuasive_strategies.p

ps# 263,8,Research

9. If you are highly selective about the footage to show your students, snippets of ABC:

‘The Gruen Transfer’ can be very valuable.

(Some material on this site may contain coarse language and is recommended for mature audiences.)

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- The home page for the show is:

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/gruentransfer/default.htm

- Study guides for the shows can be found at:

http://www.metromagazine.com.au/studyguides/study.asp

- ‘The Pitch’ is a great opportunity to develop persuasive writing skills in your

classroom. Students select an everyday item to write a ‘pitch’ for their peers.

10. Make a Little Book with your students and provide time for the students to research

their issue/topic. In the Little Book the students record facts, data and quotes to use

in their persuasive writing.

11. Read picture story books and ask the students to adopt a character. The students

act, draw, write about the storyline from their character’s point of view.

12. Thinker’s Key: The Brick Wall Key

Make a statement which could not generally be questioned or disputed, and then

try to break down the wall by outlining other ways of dealing with the situation.

Eg. Governments need to collect taxes in order to provide necessary services.

(Reference: Tony Ryan)

13. Thinker’s Key: The Ridiculous Key

Make a ridiculous statement that would be virtually impossible to implement, and

then attempt to substantiate it.

Eg. The Government should buy a brand new car for every taxpayer. (Reference:

Tony Ryan)

14. Write, perform and film an advertisement to share with another class or families.

15. For Early Years students - Design a page for a holiday brochure to attract people

to the seaside. There is a wide selection of seaside photographs to embed and

some seaside themed clipart too. http://www.purplemash.com/brochure/

16. For Early Years students - The estate agents need you to help them write an

advert for property they are putting on the market.

http://www.purplemash.com/forsale/

17. Students can develop character cards at

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards/. The

students can then write a persuasive text such as a poster to promote the

character.

18. Jigsaw/expert groups are a great way to explore a topic or issue before writing.

19. If you have tried all the ideas above and you still want more check out this

website! http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishD10.htm

20. My added extra – awards, advertisements, bill boards, blog, debates, emails,

flyers, headlines, jingles, job applications, letters, memos, newspapers, opinions,

quotes, raps, reports, slogans, travel guide, t-shirts,