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This Putting it Together: Analyzing and Producing Persuasive Text lesson plan also includes:
- Persuasion Across Time and Space Instructional Unit (.html)
- Full Unit Download (.pdf)
- Overview of Middle School ELA Unit Video Cases: Persuasion across Time and Space
- Guidelines for ELA Instructional Materials Development (.pdf)
- Printable Student Handouts (.zip)
- Frequently Asked Questions (.pdf)
- The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes
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Young orators demonstrate what they have learned about persuasion and persuasive devices throughout the unit by analyzing a persuasive speech and then crafting their persuasive essays. Class members engage in a role-play exercise, use the provided rubric to evaluate Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech at the UN's Earth Summit, and use the same rubric to guide the drafting of their persuasive essays.
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- Requires copies, one for each class member, of multiple documents and worksheets; set aside extra prep time to prepare materials
Classroom Considerations
- The final lesson in the five-part Persuasion Instructional Unit
- Class members need access to devices with internet for research
- Projection equipment is required for the video of Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech
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- The 41-page packet includes concise directions and the worksheets, graphic organizers, and rubrics required for the lesson
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