Session 3 – Spring 2013

Welcome!

Please grab a drink and a biscuit, then find a table.

Literacy Rocks!

• Thinking• Arguing• Evaluating• Persuading• Discussing• Listening• Team work• Weighing up pros

and cons

• Talking• Decision making• Mental agility• Changing your mind• Self control• Dealing with doubt

and uncertainty• Debate

These sessions aim to improve:

Think or Thunk?

The Commonality Key - make a list of things that objects have in common.

A pencil and a chair

Tea and coffee

Flower and flour

Think or Thunk ?

What is the most important part of a fork?

Persuasive Language

Where would you see examples of persuasion in real life?

Persuasive Language

Present tense – I think…, Some might say…,

Logical Connectives – so, this means, this shows, therefore…

Persuasive Language

Introduction

A short opening, explaining how the issue came about. Do not put any views of your own in this section.

Points ‘for’

Start this section with ‘Firstly’. Write about your first point in favour of the argument but do not put your own point of view yet.

Points ‘for’

Begin your next point with ‘Secondly’ or ‘In addition to this’ but still do not give your own opinion.

Persuasive Language

Points ‘Against’

Begin with ‘However’ and put your first point against the argument without giving your own view.

Points ‘Against’

Continue to put your points ‘against’, introducing them with formal words such as ‘In addition’, ‘Also’ or ‘Furthermore’.

Conclusion

Begin with ‘To sum up the argument’ or ‘In conclusion’. At last you can give your own views if you wish, and conclude either in favour of or against the issue. Or finish with a question to challenge your readers to make up their own minds!

Persuasive Language

Make a choice of which side to argue for.

Then, after you’ve found reasons for both, make a choice of which side you now agree with and write your conclusion.

Persuasive Language

We are becoming too dependent on computers.

Aliens have visited Earth.

It should be illegal to sell junk food to children.

Share (not Cher)

Resources on Website

If you don’t have access to the internet, please let us know and we will be happy to provide paper versions of all materials.

Follow up work...

Persuade somebody to buy you chocolate, let you stay up later or play on a games console.

Children you can do this too!