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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students write a persuasive essay to persuade superiors on their faraway planet to adopt a custom, a behavior, or an item (for example, baseball, shopping, or a vacuum cleaner) they observed on a visit to Earth. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students analyze various types of writing (newspaper articles, magazines, books, advertisements, etc.) and determine if the author's purpose of writing was to inform, persuade or entertain the reader. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss how writers use various techniques to persuade an audience and examine examples used in the media. They interpret their thoughts and feelings about pictures, symbols and slogans and create an advertisement using the techniques. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view the film "The Persuaders" that discuss the perspective and spin of language use for a variety of issues. They discuss the career of Frank Luntz, a man that runs focus groups to determine how to advantageously phrase issues in politics and work in groups to consider the language surrounding past events in American history. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students practice using techniques to help persuade someone to do something. Students view an online clip of a book then discuss the characters and events. Students write persuasive letters to one of the characters in the story. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the persuasive essay. They participate in a classroom discussion/debate, write a persuasive essay on a fairy tale situation as to why something should or should not have happened, and compose an editorial in which they express a change they feel needs to be made. Finally they design invent a product and design slogans and script to persuade an audience to buy it. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students are able to write persuasive compositions that are directed at a specific audience or person. They are introduced to the subject of persuasive writing. Students are asked how they would persuade somebody to do something. They are asked to name some colleges. Students are asked what they would want in a college if they were going to attend one. Students are instructed to write down the names of their two favorite colleges and the reasons why they like them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read Patrick Henry's speech. They review prior learning about persuasive writing, and the American revolutionary war. Students listen as the teacher reads Patrick Henry's speech aloud to the class using lots of emotion and gestures. Students take notes on what makes this speech persuasive. The class discusses the main points of Henry's argument. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students compare and contrast television viewing habits. They carefully observe two selected commercials and use a graphic organizer to analyze the commercials. In groups, they determine what elements of the commercials are effective in persuading the consumer. They share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students watch the documentary, "The Persuaders." They explore how advertisers are trying to gain potential customers. Students examine and discuss new marketing trends and strategies. Full Review »
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