In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often! Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel pretty misled if they thought they were going to see a romantic comedy and actually walked into a horror movie! In this lesson, the students get a few laughs seeing a movie trailer that shows nothing about what the movie is about, a movie trailer that does well at showing the true plot of the story, and also a movie trailer that has been spoofed! Grab your students attention with making thesis statements relatable! ***NOTE*** You will need access to YouTube for this lesson! Included in this lesson: ***THREE Persuasion Maps to fit your classroom needs! ***TWO detailed Teacher Instruction pages! *** Thesis Statements are like Movie Trailers Worksheet WITH ANSWER KEY! ***TWO Thesis Statement Construction Worksheet Options to fit your Persuasion Map preference! Need help starting your Persuasion Unit? Check out this FREEBIE! Sell me This Pen! A FREE Lesson in Logos, Ethos, and Pathos! Need Print and Teach materials? Check out: Create An INSTA-Profile for ANY Character in ANY Text!Peer Editing Worksheet!~~~In need of more materials? Check out my American Literature Mini-Units!~~~ Rip Van Winkle- A Mini Unit!Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- The Ropewalk and The Cross of Snow Mini-Unit!Thanatopsis- A Mini-Unit!The Devil and Tom Walker- *MEME* Activity Included!- Mini-Unit! Emerson: Nature and Self-Reliance Mini-Unit! The Minister's Black Veil Mini-Unit! Edgar Allan Poe SUPER PACKEdgar Allan Poe- A CSI Activity- Was he MURDERED? ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips : How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: •Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: •Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. BAM! You will now receive email updates about this store! *****************************************************************************
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These posters are the perfect visuals when completing a persuasive writing unit. What's included: -Persuasive writing display banner - Persuasive writing display headings- 4 options to choose from - Persuasive writing structure posters with example texts along side each paragraph. - High, medium and low modality posters - Modal word thermometer - Persuasive writing connectives for introduction, arguments and conclusion. - Persuasive writing techniques/ devices posters (AFOREST) Alliteration, Facts, Opinions, Rhetorical Questions, Emotive language, Statistics and Rule of Three.
Persuasive writing is a form of nonfiction writing that encourages creative word choice, the development of logical arguments, and a convincing summary. Elementary children can be guided through a series of simple steps in an effort to develop their persuasive writing skills. Practice is the key to successful paragraph
Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow along with the ethos, pathos, and logos direct instruction using the included rhetorical appeals graphic organizers and doodle notes. This Digital & Print Rhetorical Appeals Unit Includes: An editable, 37-slide PowerPoint (Google Slides, too) Suggested lesson plan calendar Ethos Pathos Logos Doodle Notes Rhetorical Triangle Doodle Organizer Two informational text activities for individual or group practice Three full-text informational passages (The Gettysburg Address, Chief Joseph's surrender speech, and Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball speech) Writing with appeals activity Argumentative essay handout Thesis graphic organizer Counterclaim graphic organizer Essay outline Peer edit form Argumentative essay rubric Suggested answer keys for three speeches Includes digital Google slides! Students will love how engaging this unit is, and this unit delivers content in an easy-to-understand and accessible manner. They'll enjoy the ethos, pathos, and logos activities and improve their understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos from day 1. Prep is quick and easy... Just follow along with the suggested pacing guide, teach the content on the slides to students, and print out the organizers and activities! TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brittany O. says, "This was the first time I have used notes like these before, and my students ate them up! I even had an unexpected walk-through during the period and my AP loved them, as well!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christina G. says, "A great supplement for my rhetoric unit to provide support for students who were struggling and to provide additional checks for understanding. Having short, complex texts for a quick review was perfect for my needs." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ First of Her Name. says, "The graphic organizers in this resource are perfect! My students have always struggled with writing thesis statements and counterclaims, but the worksheets in this resource made it incredibly simple! I saw so many lightbulbs click on when using this in my classes!" ___________________________________ You may also like… → Punctuation Teaching Unit → Academic Vocabulary Program → Essay Writing Unit ___________________________________ Helpful Advice: * Make sure you click the "follow" button next to my picture so you don’t miss out on sales and new resources * Please provide feedback on this resource. Doing so will help you earn TPT credits that you can apply toward future purchases! It’s like FREE TPT cash! © The Daring English Teacher, Inc. All rights reserved. License good for single-classroom use only.
Pencils on Strike Fun Persuasive Writing Activity - Perfect for Anytime of Year! Good for All Elementary Grades to Teach Pencil Expectations. Do you want an engaging and fun writing activity to teach persuasion? Students are shocked to see that ALL of the pencils are on strike! I made only Crayons available or you could provide old worn out pencils. What's included: A Letter From the Pencils Graphic Organizers My Pencil Promise Letter Template, Wide Lines Letter Template, Narrow Lines Reader's Theater 3 Optional Signs This is a great activity for kids to collaborate in groups and come up with reasons to get their pencils back. Kids can also work solo and write a letter on their own. Chairs and Pencils on Strike were the most fun writing activities I have done in 10 years! Kids loved it and produced good writing. Making writing fun for kids helps increase engagement in writing. Providing creative writing for kids helps to make writing fun. This activity is also good for Back to School, an April Fools Day writing activity or an End of Year writing activity.
Do you love teaching persuasive writing? I hope so! It's one of my all-time favorite units and these are my favorite activities to do.
If you are wondering how to teach persuasive writing in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, then this blog post is for you! I have three easy tips I am going to share with you that will help you and your students. Before I dive in, I want to clarify two little things. First, when […]
Persuasive or Rhetorical Appeals are the building blocks for persuasive or argumentative essay writing. This complete lesson is designed introduce middle-high school students to the terms ethos, pathos, and logos. Student Experience: Students will step into the world of ethos, pathos, and logos with the mindset that these are the key pieces in argumentation. As you deliver the lecture with the eye-catching, no prep PPT, students will fill in their sketch notes. You will guide them through several models, examples, and then they will complete the guided practice. Next, students will identify the terms you just covered in modern examples and complete in an interactive vocabulary exercise. To further their application and understanding, students will participate in a gallery walk. Finally, the worksheet and quiz provided will provide you with the assessment you need to measure understanding. Included: Lecture in 100% editable PPT and Google format (with ORIGINAL print examples and video links) Sketch Notes for Guided Note taking (not editable due to font and style choices) Guided Practice Interactive, editable sorting activity in print and Google digital format Interactive, no-prep gallery walk for identify and analyzing ethos, pathos, logos with original ads and textual examples along with commercials Practice Worksheet Two editable quizzes Lesson plan and suggestion pacing Graphic organizer students can use with any text for success after the lesson Modern-style Classroom Posters Plus, be sure to check out my Ethos, Pathos, Logos Breakout game, not included in the bundle mentioned above! Ethos, Pathos, Logos Breakout Game Classroom success stories from teachers who have tried this resource: ♥ "Excellent for my 7th graders to grasp the concepts, thank you! Thank you for a concise lesson for these concepts." ♥ "This is the first time I've taught this topic and it was so nice to have this unit - it was a HUGE help!" ♥ "This was an excellent ppt with fun video links my HS students enjoyed. Thank you!" ♥ "I used this with my students before we evaluated texts and various other media for Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. This purchase is very student friendly. Takes away all of the extra explaining for me." ♥ "This seller seeks to create innovative lessons that truly engage learners. I have personally reached out, and she responds with great empathy. This resource is great, and the seller highly recommended!" ♥ "This was a lot better than what I had! Students loved the easy notes sheet, and it has been helpful!" ♥ "For introducing rhetorical devices this was a great pack. I have 9th grade students and need to expose them this year for next year. I found the examples great!" Each of my ELA skills-readiness "How to Teach It" Lesson Packs includes a teacher's guide lesson plan, an easy-to-use PPT lecture explaining the concept, guided practice, opportunity for collaborative and individual practice, and a form of assessment. See my other English standards skills readiness teaching packs, and teach the fundamental skills first for success! Summarizing Close Reading & Annotating Citing Textual Evidence Evaluate Credibility of Websites Propaganda and Logical Fallacies Allusions Setting Affects Plot Theme Development Symbolism Characterization Conflict Affects Plot Author’s Perspective Homophones, Frequently Confused Words Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches. Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to FOLLOW ME. Voila! You will now receive email updates about my store. For more ideas and inspiration: Faulkner's Fast Five Blog Julie's Classroom Stories on Instagram Julie's Classroom Stories on Facebook Teaching Middle and High School English Facebook Group Yearbook and Journalism Facebook Group Pinterest Created 2014-Updated 2019 Terms of Use: Please one classroom use only. Not to be shared online without proper security. Additional licenses sold at a discount at checkout. **Images and art are documented on credits page in download.
**These worksheets are included in my complete Persuasive Writing Worksheet Pack** Persuasive Writing Handouts - No Prep Printables This persuasive writing pack includes a range of worksheets and activities to support the teaching of persuasive writing. Worksheets include: Persuasive writing template. Persuasive writing sentence starters. Persuasive writing topics. Persuasive writing checklist. This resource includes a digital (Google Slides) version. See the end page of the resource for the details and the link to access the digital version. ________________________________________ For more persuasive writing resources, click the links below: Persuasive Writing - Marking Assessment Rubrics Persuasive Writing Worksheets - Persuasive Tools Persuasive Writing Worksheets - Include Expert Opinions Persuasive Writing Posters - Earth Tones Classroom Décor Persuasive Text Posters - Classroom Decor Persuasive Writing PowerPoint - Guided Teaching Persuasive Writing Prompts - Lightning Writing Persuasive Writing Posters - Classroom Decor Persuasive Texts - Writing Samples with Comprehension Questions ________________________________________ For more writing resources, click the links below: Compound Words - Worksheet Pack Understanding Nouns Worksheets - No Prep Printables Add The Adjective To The Sentences - Worksheet Pack Nouns, Pronouns & Capital Letters - Grammar Worksheets with Answers Add Punctuation to the Sentences - 10 Worksheets Reading and Grammar Pack, Google Slides - Distance Learning Parts of Speech Grammar Workbook Homographs PowerPoint - Interactive, full lesson Parts of Speech - Fill The Blanks Worksheets Verbs PowerPoint - Interactive ________________________________________ Follow Me Click the green star at the top of my page to be the first to receive updates about new products and discounts. ________________________________________ Feedback Please help me to improve my products by leaving valuable feedback. Simply click the 'Provide Feedback' button on your purchases page and leave a rating and a comment. You will also gain credits to use for further purchases. ________________________________________ Copyright Information This product is not for commercial use, individual use only. If you plan to share this product with others, please purchase extra licenses at the 50% discounted rate. The fonts used in my resources are from: Babbling Abby and Kimberly Geswein Fonts The clip art used in my resources is from: Krista Wallden Creative Clips and Whimsy Clips ________________________________________ writing | persuasive | expository | convince | persuasive tools | classroom | bundle | English | literacy | literature | warm up | reflection | text | reading | extension | alliteration | emotive language | groups of three | inclusive language | draft | rubric | no prep | printable | homework | teacher | booklet | learning tool | elementary school | primary school | homeschooling | homeschool
Design a Zoo Project Based Learning and Persuade us to come visit! The ultimate goal for this activity is to grow your students creativity
Okay... I've mentioned before that I'm super uncomfortable writing a blog post that is all about one of my TpT products. But, with that said, welcome to a blog post all about one of my TpT products! And, I'm okay with it. Because, for real, this product ROCKS! If I do say so myself :) So, argument writing is hard stuff. I love teaching it. And eventually, I think the kids like knowing how to do it. But, it's hard. SO.HARD. Especially in the beginning. I was looking for a cool way to ease us into it. A way to slide in so that it didn't seem so intimidating. An approach that made it seem exciting, even a little bit FUN! But, I couldn't find anything! And so, like anytime Google lets me down, I got creating and this little gem is the fruit of my labor! The Debating Game is fun. My kids LOVED it! So much so that they asked to play it every day for almost a week during free write time. And while playing, they are practicing supporting claims with reasoning and evidence... exactly the skill necessary for opinion/persuasive/argument writing! It's a total win-win. Fun and learning! You should know, this product does take some time to put together, so please don't buy it if you need to use it exactly five minutes later. There is laminating and cutting and organizing involved in putting these together. I made six total games for my classroom (I stored each complete game in a pencil case). I also went to the dollar store and bought one-minute sand timers and golf pencils to put in the case along with the game pieces for easy playing (though they are totally not necessary!). And you'll see I used a standard die, but there is a template for making your own dice to use when playing, so it is not necessary to have your own. It took me about an hour to print, laminate, cut, and organize all 6 games. But, now that they are together they are ready-to-go anytime we need them. I definitely see myself putting these in a writing center, using them for an anchor activity for early finishers, and leaving them in my sub plans. The kids enjoyed playing far too much to put them into storage until next year! So, if you teach opinion/persuasion/argument writing and you are looking for a fun way to practice the skills necessary for this, The Debating Game might be for you! My own students loved it and if you try it out, please let me know what yours think about it! Happy Teaching!!
Looking for fun, engaging ideas for teaching persuasive writing? These tips will help your students understand and use ethos, patho, and logos.
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With a persuasive writing freebie, students practice finding reasons to persuade in a simple writing prompt based on Mo Willems' Pigeon books.
Let’s talk persuasive writing, shall we? To me, this is the hardest type of writing to teach. Why? Simply put… kids aren’t used to defending, convincing or using many of the verbs needed to successfully pen a truly argumentative essay. There just isn’t much real life basis for them. So, to help with this… I […]
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"The Writing Plan Curriculum" Includes My 5 Favorite Go-To Writing Units! Most of these units consist of 5 initial lessons. At the end of these lessons, students will have the organizational knowledge needed to write a solid paragraph that they can later expand into an essay.
Analyzing writing curriculums, planning writing workshop and teaching writing lessons can be overwhelming. You might think, how am I going to fit everything in and produce successful writers? Where do I start? What skills do they need? This post will share the 7 BASIC WRITING LESSONS that every teacher should teach! With this basic knowledge, students will be able to perform other writing assignments more effectively. The following skills are not only effective in upper elementary, they are often needed at the middle school level for review or the primary level for differentiation. So yes, every teacher should teach them! If you start with these 7 fundamental skills, it will set the expectations for your writing lessons and assignments throughout the year! Frequently Asked Questions What are the basic skills and what order should I teach them? Sentence Structure 1. Complete Sentences Lesson for complete sentences 2. Fragments Lesson for fragments 3. Run-ons Lesson for run-ons Paragraph Writing 4. Topic Sentences Lesson for topic sentences 5. Relevant Details Lesson for relevant details 6. Transition Words Lesson for transition words 7. Closing Sentences Lesson for closing sentences How much time should I dedicate to teaching these fundamental skills? I recommend one day for each skill. If you spend a whole writing block for each skill, students will benefit from the practice. How do I teach each skill? First: Start with an anchor chart explaining the skill. (See each lesson link above for effective anchor charts.) Second: Provide examples. Students can share examples too! Next: Students should take notes. I love using Interactive Writing Notebooks to take notes. Research supports the use of interactive notebooks through studies on multiple intelligences, the brain and note taking. Here are a few videos to Set Up Interactive Writing Notebooks. Click photo for the Upper Elementary Version. A Primary Version is also available. Then: Identify the skill. Provide practice sheets and task cards for students to practice identifying the skill in sentences and paragraphs. Last: Apply the skill. Students should have the opportunity to write their own sentence or paragraph to apply the particular skill. What if I can't fit the lesson in one writing block? If you can't extend the days to complete them, there are other ways to get the whole lesson in. You can put practice sheets or task cards in a center, or you can have students apply the skill for homework or morning work the next day. What if my students, some of my students, or absent students can't do interactive notebooks? Make a small anchor chart to put in their notebooks with the same information! If you don't have a printable poster, take a picture of the anchor chart you used in class and print them off! I hope you found this post helpful and your students become successful writers this year! Connect With Me! TPT Store Facebook Pinterest My Blog
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Fully editable structure strips to help students write. Long & short passages for persuasive, opinion, summaries, scientific conclusions and more!
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So.... it's been a while!! For most of December and the first two weeks of January, our house was riddled with germs!! And in a house with four small kiddos, this meant lots of children's Motrin, fever checks, tissues, sleepless nights, and filling humidifiers! It's been exhausting, but I am hoping healthier days are ahead!! * * * * * * * * * * Lots going on in my classroom! My students have been working away on our argument unit, and I have to say, they LOVE it! Like, love it so much they want to talk about it the entire walk to specials! It KILLS me to have to "shh" them (I'm a stickler for quietly walking in the halls!) because they are just so spirited about this unit! The kicker are these debate cards that I'm using. I spent the summer Googling like crazy trying to find some refreshing hot topics for the kids to argue over (I was just so over the school uniform and longer school day debate!!). I came up with a GREAT list and created a set of task cards. Here's a sneak peak at a few (the full set of task cards are available in my complete argument writer's workshop available here): Each day, I randomly distribute a few of the topics and give the students five minutes to jot down their gut reactions to the card. I also ask them to brainstorm some potential opposing arguments. Then, I have them find everyone else in the room with the same card and together they discuss/debate. I do have them use a "talking stick" (we use the super-fancy highlighter :) to keep the overly-enthusiastic voices from drowning out the students who are on the quieter side. Basically, I give one person in each group the highlighter and they "begin" the discussion (usually they will start by reading the gut reaction they had when they first saw their topic). If someone wants to respond, they can raise their hand for the stick. Otherwise, it just gets passed around the circle so each kid gets a chance to speak. If a group is struggling, I will go over and raise my hand for the talking stick. Typically, when I throw my two-cents into the mix, it will get them going for at least another few minutes! After 15-20 minutes of talking, students go back to their desks and draft their argument. Typically, I give them 25 minutes (there is absolutely NO TALKING during this time!), and believe me, their hands are FLYING across their notebook page!! Almost always, every single student finishes their essay in that time! It is absolutely amazing how the "talk time" prior to writing gives even the most reluctant writers plenty to say. So far, we've completed this activity three times (students get a different prompt each time), therefore, every kid has three great first drafts in their notebook. And we will probably do this activity two or three more times over the next week. Then, students will be able to take the draft they are most excited about, do a little research on the topic, and turn their draft into a full essay. These debates have just been so much fun. I am eager to see how the final drafts of their essays turn out! Any tips and tricks for teaching argument writing? I'd love to hear about them! Happy Teaching!!
These fun and engaging argument games will get your students reading for their analyzing rhetoric unit or their argumentative writing unit! Students will be moving and collaborating while practicing critical argumentation skills!
Persuasion Map is an online tool that you can use with your students to help plan their next exposition or persuasive writing efforts. It's simple to use and it enables you to save your work or print it off. You can also print off a blank copy pictured above.
Although they may be ancient, Aristotle's three persuasive appeals do not have to be boring! Engage your students and improve their rhetorical analysis and persuasive writing skills by teaching them about ethos, pathos, and logos with this 23-slide PowerPoint (in PDF form to preserve fonts/formattin...
Teach English Writing and Arguments Teaching ESL students how to write logical arguments supported by warrants is a slow but worthwhile exercise. Once ESL students learn how to write these arguments, their text becomes clear and persuasive. This mini lesson writing lesson incorporates several s
Persuasive writing is one of my all-time favorite writing units!! There are so many fun activities to do and persuasion comes so naturally for the kids (you know they try to persuade their parents for things ALL the time!) I begin this unit by having students "Take a Stand" and make a choice between several pairs of options - McDonald's or Burger King, Disney or Nickelodeon, etc. Once they've made their choice they have to support it and tell why that is the better option. This is a great way to kick off the unit. Once we've modeled several together, I partner them up for writing discussions, give them a set of "Take a Stand" cards and let them continue practicing. After discussions, they're ready to move to the writing stage and we learn to write opinion pieces with supporting reasons and then on to lots of other persuasive pieces. Read-Alouds Some of my FAVORITE books to use during this unit include... I told you that I LOVE this book and double dip with it in my letter writing and persuasive writing units. We especially focus on the closings of the letters and notice how the word choice was carefully selected to help with the persuasion. Immediately after this book we also read... After reading this book, students think of an unusual animal that they would like to have as a pet. They brainstorm ways their animal could be useful/helpful and then write a persuasive letter to their parents to convince them to let them have the pet. They turn out SO CUTE!! Students turn their letters into the animal they chose for a display....precious!! Some of the other books we read during this unit are... This is a GREAT book to read and then have your students write from the perspective of the "bad" character from a fairytale having him/her convince readers that he/she was just misunderstood and is not a bad guy after all! Speaking of perspective, I also have my kids write a persuasive letter to THEMSELVES from an inanimate object. I model doing this using my purse (it tries to persuade me to keep it neater) or my high heels (they try to persuade me to give them a break and wear tennis shoes for a day). With a lot of modeling and brainstorming they really get the hang of this and GO ALL OUT with creative ideas and voice galore! Activities Some of my other favorite activities in this unit include... Book Persuasions Students create new book covers for one of their favorite books and try to persuade their friends to read the book. Persuasive Animal Dialogues After reading Hey, Little Ant students are paired as ants/anteaters and write persuasive dialogues where the ant is trying to persuade the anteater not to eat him and the anteater is trying to persuade the ant that he must! After modeling these, students select another pair of animals (predator/prey) to create original persuasive dialogues to perform for the class. Classroom Mascot Students choose an animal they think would best represent our class and write a persuasive speech on why it should be our mascot. They present these speeches to the class and then the class votes for a mascot! Celebration This unit integrates with our social studies Economics unit for the celebration. Students create products (I require them to make something that only uses PAPER to make it fair for all students) that they will sell at our class store. Then they write commercials to persuade their classmates to buy their products. Before writing these commercials, we watch lots of examples of cereal and toy commercials from the 80s/90s at http://www.retrojunk.com/content/sort/commercial/list/category/1/cereal and discuss persuasion techniques used in them. I film students presenting their commercials individually, create a mini-movie of them and we watch them all together! We then hold our store and students actually purchase products (with Madden Money, of course!) Afterwards, they hold reflections about supply/demand and how their commercials affected their sales. Find these Persuasive Writing activities at Teacher's Clubhouse. What are your favorite activities or books to use for teaching persuasive writing? There's only a couple of days left to win the HearALL Assessment Recorder - Enter Now! Also, visit Lightbulb Minds' Facebook page and leave a comment telling the ONE thing that would make this coming school year the best school year ever and you could win a FREE UNIT! All posts in this series: #1 - Writers' Notebooks #2 - Writing Workshop Schedule & Story Tees #3 - Publishing #4 - Friendly Letters #5 - How-To Writing #6 - Persuasive Writing #7 - Writing Memoirs/Personal Narratives
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