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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner:workshop 4: Teaching Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The fourth workshop [58:24] features the classrooms of two teachers: sixth-grade language arts teacher Jenny Beasley and fifth-grade teacher Jack Wilde. Both are teaching units on persuasive writing that allow students to write about...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Grade 8: Writing a Persuasive Essay [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Provides a student model of a persuasive essay on the topic of television violence. Allows students to examine content, format, and structure and includes notes and annotations as student aids throughout.
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Persuasive Essay Example 2

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of a persuasive essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Persuasive Writing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Work through nine links to videos, images, and graphic organizers to learn about persuasive writing.
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Thinkport Education

Write Now: Arguing for Change

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students are presented with a scenario of bullying and are asked to write an "argument for change" as a way to get classmates to stop bullying. In preparing their argumentative piece, students are guided to examine fiction and nonfiction...
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Other

Oakland Writes: Student Exemplars: Seventh Grade: Persuasive Essay [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A persuasive essay written by a seventh-grader with notes calling attention to important writing concepts evident in the essay including a well-written title, opening sentence, opinion statement, supporting details, call to action, and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using a Web Quest to Create a Persuasive Brochure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After reading Lois Lowry's The Giver, students use a WebQuest to research ideas and themes from the novel. Students use their research and persuasive writing skills to create a brochure designed to sell a way of thinking or way of life...
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Persuasive Letter Example

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This persuasive letter example is three pages long and includes points on the left hand column. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations...
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: 2014, Term1 Writing Expositions Week 3

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A four-part learning module with links to images, a website, and a video explaining how to write an argumentative piece.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Argument Writing: Homework

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A learning module with links to eight websites to use while writing an argumentative essay on how beneficial homework is.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Argumentative Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A five-part learning module with links to websites, videos, and a text about writing an argumentative text.
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Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Word Lesson Plan (Mr. President)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this lesson, students write a persuasive letter to the President of the United States. Students will research the 2000 Presidential election, interview parents, and reflect on their own opinions and experiences to write their letter....
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Respond to Student Writing: Cell Phones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use an interactive rubric to evaluate areas of strengths and weaknesses in a student's essay on cell phone use in schools. Then compare your responses to another teacher's.
PPT
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Tools of Persuasion [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A slide presentation giving an explanation and example of nine different persuasive techniques including appeal to emotion, appeal to authority, urgency, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will interactively review the following areas of writing: parts of a paragraph; unity, coherence, and elaboration; and the 4 types of writing.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Endangered Animals of the Americas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students select an endangered or threatened animal to research, locate it on a map, and create a persuasive essay or poster to convince others to help the animals.

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