Persuasive Essay
Writing
While children mature as writers, it's important to give them the opportunity to write using a variety of formats. Persuasive writing helps students formulate specific reasons for their opinions, and provides an opportunity to research facts related to their opinions. As students develop an understanding of how writing can influence or change another's thoughts or actions, they can begin to understand the persuasive ideas they are exposed to through television commercials, advertisements, the Internet, and other resources.
During this writing unit, we also guide students to analyze examples of persuasive writing and understand author’s purpose. Before writing a persuasive essay, students work on understanding how persuasion is used orally in everyday life by practicing convincing speeches about something that is important to them.
Furthermore, students will be learning how to use specific text evidence to support their opinion about topics. Along with interviewing people about their topics and including direct dialogue from the interviewee to better support their idea.
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