Four Good Ways to Persuade

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Four Good Ways to Persuade

• Objective Learn the strategies for persuasion
  and think like your audience.
• Lets look at the Note taker sheet titled Four
  Good Ways to Persuade
• What do you know about each strategy to persuade?
• I will explain each of these strategies in depth
  giving specific examples.
• Also I will inform you
• what the audience should think
• what the writer needs to do.

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The Audiences Arguments can be called
honest concerns or relevant issues rather
than shouting to win.
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What do you notice about Emilys sheet?Did she
use all the strategies she listed here?Why do
you think she chose some ideas for the piece but
not others? (Were some stronger?)
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Prewriting Guided Practice

• Objective WE will be composing a class
  persuasive letter.
• We will review some persuasive writing skills
  youve learned in the past as well as learn new
  ones.
• The purpose of this is to prepare YOU for when
  you write your own persuasive letter!
• This will be a CHALLENGE a CONTEST between your
  class and the other 5th grade classes!!!

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Prewriting Guided Practice

• Whatever class that writes the BEST persuasive
  letter and wins the contest, will win a homework
  break!
• So which class is going to be the best???

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Prewriting Guided Practice

• Step 1 Practice completing a Purpose Statement.
• This form is important because it shows the
  authentic audience and purpose of the intended
  piece of writing.
• YOU will complete this same form when you write
  your own persuasive piece.
• You will need to make sure your request is a
  realistic topic and an authentic audience.

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Prewriting Guided Practice

• Step 2 Practice doing the Four Good Ways to
  Persuade chart.
• You will work as a table and think of at least
  TWO reasons, benefits, arguments, and problems.
• Write them down on your chart.
• Be ready to report back to me and tell me your
  ideas and we will vote on who has the best one to
  use in our Class Letter.

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Prewriting Guided Practice

• Step 3 Practice completing a Write to the
  Point planner.
• You will work with a partner and think of at
  least TWO reasons, benefits, arguments, and
  problems.
• Write them down on your chart.
• Be ready to report back to me and tell me your
  ideas and we will vote on who has the best one to
  use in our Class Letter.

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• Objective Apply your understanding of writing an
  introductory paragraph with a lead, necessary
  background information, and a clear purpose.
• Remember we are writing a real letter to persuade
  the 5th grade teachers to give your class a
  homework break.
• You must work as a team to successfully complete
  this letter.

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• In a persuasive letter, the introductory
  paragraph needs
• To catch the readers attention with an
  interesting lead
• To provide background information to meet the
  readers needs
• To state the purpose of the piece
• The first sentence in the intro paragraph is the
  first impression the writer makes on the reader.
• First impressions count!!!

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• What are the different ways to grab the readers
  attention?
• Ex question, quote, surprising statement,
  description that paints a picture, brief personal
  story, etc.
• Look at the first sentence of the intro paragraph
  in Emilys letter.
• What type of lead did she use?

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• Lets practice writing different leads for
  Emilys letter.
• You will work with a partner and share what you
  came up with as an engaging lead.
• Question what could Emily ask to grab Mr. K__s
  attention?
• Description what could Emily describe that
  paints a picture for Mr. K__?
• Quote who could Emily have gotten a quote from?
  Teacher? Parent?

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• Look at the last sentence in Emilys introductory
  paragraph.
• What does she do in the last sentence?
• How are the sentences between the first and last
  sentences important for the reader?
• The sentences give the audience (principal)
  important background information so that he
  understands the situation.

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• You will work together to write an introductory
  paragraph for your class persuasive letter!
• Step 1 Create a catchy lead. You will work with
  your table.
• Select one way to grab the readers attention and
  write the lead on the card.
• DO NOT write your names on the cards!

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• I will read the cards. We will vote on ONE lead
  that we will use for the class persuasive letter.
• Step 2 Compose a couple of sentences that
  provide background information or further explain
  the situation.
• We will do this together.
• Could you describe the current homework
  situation? Would an example of a typical night of
  homework give a helpful picture of the situation?
• Could you tell how you feel about homework?

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Drafting an Introductory Paragraph Guided
Practice

• Help me write the next few sentences and we will
  all be in agreement on how it will sound.
• Step 3 Compose a sentence telling the purpose of
  the letter to the reader.
• Last, but not least we will reread the
  paragraph several times to make sure it makes
  sense and sounds the way you want it.