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Persuasive Practice: A Mt. Rushmore Addition Lesson PlanPersuasive Practice: A Mt. Rushmore Addition Lesson Plan
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5th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Persuasive Practice: A Mt. Rushmore Addition

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Budding authors research a US President and persuade the National Park Service to add him to Mt. Rushmore. In addition to the persuasive essay, individuals are required to develop a visual presentation using a web-based software that they then present to their class.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

supporting details, details, Persuasive Writing, persuasion, introductions, the writing process, essay writing, arguments, conclusions, opinions, writing structure

Additional Tags

conclusion, emotional appeal, introduction, organizational structure, position statement, state an opinion, supporting facts and details, counterargument, visual display, argument, persuasive essay, english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Create an interdisciplinary unit between social studies and language arts

Pros

  • Combines writing and technology skills into one lesson

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.5.1.a W.5.4 W.5.6 W.6.1.a W.6.4 W.6.6 W.7.1.a W.7.4 W.7.6 W.8.1.a W.8.4 W.8.6

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