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    Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan

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    This lesson plan aims to teach persuasive writing techniques. It includes 3 tasks: 1) reading persuasive texts to identify purpose, form, and arguments, 2) discussing the purpose and intended audience of example texts, and identifying persuasive devices, 3) evaluating the persuasiveness of three texts on the same topic and refuting assertions. The plan provides differentiation strategies and proposes assessing students' persuasive essays. It discusses reflecting on the lesson objectives, learning atmosphere, and differentiating strategies to inform future lessons.

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    This lesson plan aims to teach persuasive writing techniques. It includes 3 tasks: 1) reading persuasive texts to identify purpose, form, and arguments, 2) discussing the purpose and intended audience of example texts, and identifying persuasive devices, 3) evaluating the persuasiveness of three texts on the same topic and refuting assertions. The plan provides differentiation strategies and proposes assessing students' persuasive essays. It discusses reflecting on the lesson objectives, learning atmosphere, and differentiating strategies to inform future lessons.

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    This lesson plan aims to teach persuasive writing techniques. It includes 3 tasks: 1) reading persuasive texts to identify purpose, form, and arguments, 2) discussing the purpose and intended audience of example texts, and identifying persuasive devices, 3) evaluating the persuasiveness of three texts on the same topic and refuting assertions. The plan provides differentiation strategies and proposes assessing students' persuasive essays. It discusses reflecting on the lesson objectives, learning atmosphere, and differentiating strategies to inform future lessons.

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    Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan

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    Jeen
    This lesson plan aims to teach persuasive writing techniques. It includes 3 tasks: 1) reading persuasive texts to identify purpose, form, and arguments, 2) discussing the purpose and intended audience of example texts, and identifying persuasive devices, 3) evaluating the persuasiveness of three texts on the same topic and refuting assertions. The plan provides differentiation strategies and proposes assessing students' persuasive essays. It discusses reflecting on the lesson objectives, learning atmosphere, and differentiating strategies to inform future lessons.

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    Persuasive writing practice


    Lesson plan

    Lesson plan – Persuasive writing practice

    Persuasive writing

    Learning objectives To practise persuasive writing techniques and style.

    Learners will recognise parts of a persuasive text.


    Lesson objectives Learners will discuss the purpose and audience of texts.
    Learners will discuss devices used in persuasive writing.

    Previous learning Learners have had some experience of persuasive texts and the language they use.

    Resources

    https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/persuasive_writing
    Additional resources
    https://www.teachwire.net/news/persuasive-writing-worksheets-and-resources-for-ks3-
    and-ks4-english

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    Plan

    Task 1 Classroom activities Resources


    In pairs, learners read a persuasive text, identifying its Useful resources include:
    • purpose (what the text is trying to achieve),
    • form (the shape the writing takes, e.g., letter, speech) • magazine articles and blogs
    • key arguments. which adopt strong views

    Give learners a persuasive essay (see Appendix 1 for an example article) discuss in small • samples of learner responses to
    groups what the purpose and intended audience is for the text. The original question for this a Paper 2 Q1 task (Example
    answer is: Candidate Responses booklet)
    Write a magazine article for young people about how far they should keep up with the
    • advertisement campaigns
    latest technologies.
    Learners identify the ways in which the reader is positioned by a text and the emotions which • online resources to find alterna-
    are evoked, supporting ideas with reference to language choice / evidence from text. tive views.
    Give learners a list of devices used in persuasive writing: • Charity appeal letter
    • rhetorical questions
    • shocking statistics
    • emotive language.
    In groups, learners list points which could be used to balance an argument which gives only
    one viewpoint.

    Task 2 Learners discuss as a class and evaluate how persuasive three texts on the same topic are.

    Task 3 Learners identify bias in a text by collecting evidence, e.g., of exaggerated claims, hyperbolic
    language, threatening predictions.
    Learners work in pairs to refute a series of assertions. Then develop a persuasive essay
    against the original premise.
    Discuss the success criteria for an effective piece of persuasive writing. Learners use this as
    a check list. Content, tone, syntax, diction, and structure should be considered along with
    style and accuracy.

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    Additional information
    Differentiation: How do you plan to give more Some learners might find it helpful to read a number of different persuasive texts and
    support? How do you plan to challenge the make a note of the types of words which are commonly used.
    more able learners?
    More able learners could be asked to write their own title and answer for a
    persuasive examination question.

    Assessment: How are you planning to check Assessment will look for successful completion of a persuasive essay.
    learners’ learning?

    Reflection and evaluation


    • Were the lesson objectives realistic?
    • What did the learners learn today?
    • What was the learning atmosphere like?
    • Did my planned differentiation work well?
    • Did the timings work?
    • What changes did I make from my plan and
    why?

    Summary and evaluation


    • What went really well? (teaching / learning.)
    • What would improve the lesson?
    • What have I learned from this lesson that
    will inform my next lesson?

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    Appendix 1 – Example Candidate Response

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    © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2021 v1

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