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- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students examine various products and analyze the marketing strategies used to entice consumers. They bring in a product they like to use, and using persuasive writing, they write their own advertisements for their products. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students experience the satisfaction of writing for a purpose; their self-selected piece be published for an audience. They write using techniques appropriate to the selected genre. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students write persuasively through description and word choice while reviewing a topic of interest to them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students write persuasively by convincing others of their point of view about music downloading. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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- 11th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of persuasive essays. Using the internet, they research a topic making sure to cite their sources correctly. They work with a partner to peer edit their rough drafts and check for correct grammar and voice. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students engage in a study of persuasive writing. They conduct research looking at a variety of media resources looking for persuasive techniques that are used like advertising. The language of the advertising is examined for how it is structured to create logical arguments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how to write persuasive letters. They work in small groups to brainstorm ideas and organize them into a cohesive argument to be presented to the class. Students explore the concept of persuasion and how it is a strategy to produce a desired outcome. Students write a persuasive business letter. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students write about ways in which they used persuasive skills in the past. They evaluate what makes a persuasive argument successful. Students list the ways in which persuasive writing can help us achieve desired goals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students write and deliver a short persuasive speech using the POAM method. They also incorporate one of the three persuasive appeals into a written speech. Students apply what they have learned about persuasion and speech presentation to create their own speeches. Full Review »

