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Persuasive Speech Graphic Organizer OrganizerPersuasive Speech Graphic Organizer Organizer
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Cloud Front
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Graphic Organizers
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Instructional Strategy
Writing
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Persuasive Speech Graphic Organizer

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Support your learners during the speech-writing process with a five-page graphic organizer. Pupils have plenty of space to write in their evidence and arguments on this resource. The organizer provides some prompts for each section to ensure that learners include all the necessary parts of a persuasive piece.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

Persuasive Writing, writing organization, thesis statements, persuasive speeches, oral presentations

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide a list of transition words and some sentence starters or frames to fully support learners as they compose their work
  • Walk through this outline together, going through one page at a time as class members draft their speeches

Classroom Considerations

  • While this is designed for assisting learners as they write persuasive speeches, it could also be used for preparing persuasive essays

Pros

  • Organizer is clear, visually appealing, and easy to follow with plenty of space to write
  • Each area where students are meant to write is paired with explanation and instructions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.6.1.a W.7.1.a W.8.1.a W.9-10.1.a W.11-12.1.a

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