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Car Show
Students race homemade cars. In this physics lesson, students present their cars to judges and then race the cars on the prepared track. Several tips for setting the school gym up to host the event are suggested.
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Creating a Persuasive Travel Brochure
Middle schoolers create a county and develop an illustrated travel brochure to persuade elementary students to visit their county. In this persuasive writing activity, middle schoolers use descriptive language effectively in a travel...
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Paint My Counties: Map Coloring the Counties of Arizona
Fourth graders identify the counties of Arizona. In this social studies lesson, 4th graders color a county map of Arizona using the fewest number of colors possible. Students write a persuasive paragraph.
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A Movie in Your Mind: Persuasive Text
Young scholars listen to a broadcast of War of the Worlds and illustrate what they hear. In this persuasive text lesson students prepare for making a movie poster intended to persuade a director to make a film based on a short story.
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Storyboard for Persuasive Text
Students demonstrate their knowledge of the main elements of a story by creating a storyboard. In this persuasive writing lesson plan students create storyboards that are intended to persuade a director to make a movie out of the short...
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Movie Poster: Persuasive Text
Students create movie posters based upon short stories they've recently read. In this persuasive writing lesson students analyze a poster that is intended to persuade people to want to see the movie and convince Steven Spielberg to...
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Persuasive Speech Preparation Worksheet
In this persuasive speech preparation activity, students evaluate their speech for topic, purpose, audience, method, and support, as well as introduction and conclusion.
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Persuasive Writing
In this persuasive writing worksheet, students read different scenarios and decide how you would put the scenarios into paragraphs for persuasive writing. Students read 2 scenarios.
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Georgia Performance Standards Framework for ELA Unit 3-7th Grade
Seventh graders explore persuasive writing using the city life and the country life as focus topics. In this persuasion lesson, 7th graders read "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" in an attempt to determine the pros and cons of both...
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Letter to a Leprechaun
Students write a persuasive writing paper telling a Leprechaun why they should share their gold with the student. For this persuasive writing lesson plan, students write about what they would do with their pot of gold.
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Deduction
Students investigate the linguistic devices used by writers to create meaning. In this writing lesson, students discover why writers write in different ways showing examples of different types of text. After reading each type students...
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Persuasive Essay PowerPoints
Students address issues important to them by creating a PowerPoint presentation. In this persuasive writing lesson, students discuss issues with their classmates that they wish to address through a persuasive essay they will write....
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How to Write a Persuasive Paper
Pupils explore persuasive writing. In this writing lesson, students choose a side for or against a particular topic and develop specific logic and reasoning for their arguments. Pupils write a persuasive paper on that topic.
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The Art of Persuasion
Students practice persuasive writing by creating a travel brochure. In this creative writing lesson, students research a popular tourist destination they would like to visit and create a brochure enticing readers to come. Students...
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Commercials/Ads
Students write a persuasive commercial and advertisement. In this commercial lesson, students write a 20 second commercial that persuades people and shares the most important aspects of the company. They evaluate newspaper ads and create...
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging
Students examine the persuasive techniques of leaders. In this propaganda lesson, students discover the practices that Louis XIV and Caligula used to persuade others. Students watch "The Merchants of Cool" and discuss propaganda used...
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Take a Stand
Students defend their stances regarding topics. In this writing process lesson, students read The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal and participate in writing activities that require them to determine how the feel about a controversial topic...
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Women of the Twenties and The Great Gatsby
Learners research social elements of the 1920s. In this persuasive writing lesson, students make comparisons between women of the 1920s and women in the 21st century. They work in small groups to discuss the women in The Great Gatsby,...
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Crossing the Deleware: A Visual Myth or Reality
Students analyze the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.In this analyzing lesson plan, students analyze this painting that has a lot of historical inaccuracies, and then come up with a persuasive argument supporting or opposing...
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Let's Walk That Talk
Students present persuasive speeches about philanthropy. In this persuasive speech lesson, students create speeches to encourage younger children to become involved in their communities. Students use video recorders and digital cameras...
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Writing A Speech Lesson Plan
Pupils write persuasive speeches. In this speech lesson, students discuss the attributes of persuasive speeches and then write their own persuasive speeches regarding topics of their choosing.
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Persuasive and Emotive Language Lesson Plan
Students explore persuasive language. In this emotive language instructional activity, students consider the use of language that incites readers as they participate in reading and writing activities that require them to describe a...
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Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger
Students participate in a nonprofit organization activity for hunger outreach problems. In this service project lesson, students practice counting coins, complete a service project for a hunger outreach, discuss nutrition and healthy...
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Persuade Me
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing strategies lesson, students examine persuasive writing techniques on order to write persuasive mailers.