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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Persuasive Writing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This site has a great unit that leads students all the way through the writing process while composing a persuasive paper. Includes a teacher guide, mini-lessons, assessment rubric, and worksheets to help out at each step of the way.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Reading, Writing, and Sounder

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The activities included in this lesson plan require the reading of William Armstrong's Sounder. This technology-based lesson fosters critical thinking and includes journal writing, student-led discussions with another class via video...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Te Kete Ipurangi: Guilty or Not?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is an excellent lesson unit that can be used with gifted students. Students can choose from three case files and each case file has six lesson plans. After studying a case, students must compose a persuasive argument, present it,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Selling Our Nation's Symbols on Ebay!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will write for a specific purpose in this cross-curricular lesson regarding our nation's landmarks and symbols.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion in "Nothing but the Truth"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for five lessons that use Avi's "Nothing But the Truth" to teach about free speech and give learners an opportunity to develop persuasive arguments. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
Rubric
TES Global

Tes: Leaflet Self Assessment to Support Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will create a leaflet that will persuade classmates to read the book Holes, a young adult book written by Louis Sachar. These rubric resources will used for peer assessments and self-assessments.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Is That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
The goal of this activity is to understand how techniques of persuasion (including background, supporting evidence, storytelling and the call to action) are used to develop an argument for or against a topic. Students develop an...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fact vs. Opinion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is a hands-on way for students to learn how to discern between fact and opinion. This is an important skill for citizenship in that citizens should be informed about what is happening in their communities and should take...

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