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Iowa State University

Isu: Introduction to Persuasive Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has detailed notes about persuasive speeches, and what it takes to effectively create and present a persuasive speech. Organized into the following sections -- "Introduction to Persuasive Speaking," "Patterns of Organization...
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US Census Bureau

Us Census Bureau: The Art of Persuasion: Using Census Data to Influence Others

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
In this instructional activity, students will incorporate information from the U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts data access tool into an advertisement for a city of their choice. They will use persuasive and advertising techniques to...
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TES Global

Tes: Writing to Persuade: Lesson Presentation

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The PowerPoint lesson will guide students through the steps in persuasive writing.
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Speak for Success! Persuade! How to Use Body Language in a Persuasive Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains how to use body language in a persuasvie speech. Distinctions are made in the realm of body language as it applies to speaking while standing, sitting, or communicating virtually. SL.9-10.3 Eval Presentation
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Discovering an Author's Point of View

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A slide show with twenty-eight slides with information on how to determine an author's purpose to entertain, to inform, or to persuade his/her audience.
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TES Global

Tes: Persuasive Techniques

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A graphic organizer is provided to help students analyze persuasuve techniques in an advertisement. Students will analyze an advertisement and apply their understanding of the content.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat by Victor Appleton

For Students 4th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1910, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: I Wanna What?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson is centered on word choice and vocabulary and the book, I Wanna Iguana, by Karen Kaufman Orloff. Young students learn to grasp the difference between begging and persuading and apply this knowledge to their own persuasive texts.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Author's Purpose Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Several worksheets and assessments are provided on this module. Learners will have numerous exposures to the topic of "author's purpose" in each practice exercise and assessment.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Cause & Effect With "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" Day 4

For Teachers 1st
We are finishing up the story today. Today we are finishing analyzing the story by thinking about how the events and characters developed by the end of the text.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Girl by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of a short story with a surprise ending "Girl" by O. Henry about a man trying to persuade a woman to come live with him.
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Tom Richey

Slide Share Author's Purpose

For Students 4th Standards
A slide show with five slides with examples of three different types of author's purpose: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade.
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Examples of Persuasive Business Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Web page offering brief examples of effective persuasion in business writing. The message here is: convince your audience that your product is perfect for them.

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