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Persuaded or Informed? Lesson PlanPersuaded or Informed? Lesson Plan
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Persuaded or Informed?

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Give each learner a newspaper for this lesson! As a group, read select editorials and discuss them with your class. Are these articles informational or persuasive? Cut out select editorials and have learners identify the purpose of each letter in a short paragraph. Then, using their newspaper, each learner will search for an informational text. 

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author's purpose, authors, persuasive language, persuasion, persuasive arguments

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persuasive, author's purpose, Informational Text, english language arts

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