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Categorizing Texts According To Author's Purpose

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars categorize books into the 3 different kinds of author's purpose. In this author's purpose lesson plan, students categorize them into the categories of entertain, inform, and persuade.
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Storyboard for Persuasive Text

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate their knowledge of the main elements of a story by creating a storyboard.  In this persuasive writing lesson 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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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...
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Persuasive Writing

For Students 5th - 10th
For 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

For Teachers 7th
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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Deduction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils 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 pupils review...
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Propaganda Techniques

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders locate examples of persuasive writing. In this persuasive writing lesson students work in a groups to identify and analyze the use of propaganda techniques. Students use newspapers to find editorials, or advertisements,...
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Persuasive Essay PowerPoints

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore persuasive writing. In this writing activity, students choose a side for or against a particular topic and develop specific logic and reasoning for their arguments. Students write a persuasive paper on that topic.
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Creative Inventions

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders develop ideas for an invention and write a persuasive essay explaining why their invention is best. In this invention essay lesson, 9th graders review persuasive essay writing. Students create a graphic web for an original...
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Understanding Propaganda

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students define propaganda and give examples from the mass media. In this propaganda lesson, students review examples of propaganda and then research versions of it in the mass media.
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The Art of Persuasion

For Teachers 4th - 8th
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....
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Commercials/Ads

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write a persuasive commercial and advertisement. For 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...
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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...
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Women of the Twenties and The Great Gatsby

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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...
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Rhetorical Devices

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify and analyze examples of rhetorical devices as valid or invalid inferences. In this text analysis lesson, 12th graders research a controversial topic in teams and identify rhetorical devices for the topic....
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Crossing the Deleware: A Visual Myth or Reality

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars 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...
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Let's Walk That Talk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Writing A Speech Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners 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

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore persuasive language. In this emotive language lesson, students consider the use of language that incites readers as they participate in reading and writing activities that require them to describe a tourist...
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Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Taking a Stand: Pros and Cons of Forest Fires

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the pros and cons of forest fires. In this science lesson plan, students research the ecological implications of forest fires. Students record their findings in journals and compose a persuasive e-mail to government...
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Turning Literature into News

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the newspaper. In this writing purposes instructional activity, students read the newspaper and discuss the purpose: to inform, entertain and persuade. Students identify facts and opinions. Students write an article and...