Guiding Q
- What are the elements and expectations of the persuasive writing process
Bell Ringer: Choose one
- Oscars: explain the win your agreed with most or disagreed with most - or -
- Explain what is the most important issue to you locally, nationally, or internationally regarding social, ecological, or political issues. Why is the issue important?
Activities:
- Take up Yakalot late for reduced credit
- Take up bell ringers "Opinion List" and "How do you cheat in an argument" for reduced credit
- Do improve Q and A prewrite assignment (get from teacher when you return to class)
- Introduce persuasive essay assignment (pages 718 - 723)
- Go over writing prompts with many examples
- Go over key traits with explanation
- Assign due next class: Choose your topic for the essay and justify why you picked the topic and why you think you'll be successful with it.
Posted on the board -- Grading requirements and expectations
- Prewrite worth 150 points: do all the following
- Your choice of topic with the process through which it was identified, picked, (justified)
- 3 part chart or Venn diagram: detailed and complete showing for, against, and same
- Gathered facts and research with documentation (including the facts you don't have to research and the reasons you have determined)
- Complete thesis statement with focus points
- Organize/outline
- Check for logic fallacies
- Rough draft -- fully edited
- Final Paper worth 150 points, based on the key traits page 718 (check the student model page 719)
- 1st paragraph background into thesis
- Identifies topic clearly
- Intro strong and memorable
- Thesis statement with focus points
- Supports with relevant and convincing evidence
- Anticipates and answers opposing views
- Good use of transitional words and phrases
- Reflects writer's commitment to his/her opinion
- Conclusion: summary or call to action
- Addresses audience directly
- Uses persuasive techniques effectively (logic fallacies will detract from total grade)
- Rhetorical devices: parallelism and repetition
- Vary sentence beginnings
- Edit for all conventions
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