Persuasive writing 9th grade

Persuasive writing 9th grade

1. Persuasive Writing 9 th Grade English Mr. Suarez http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/persuading-principal-writing-persuasive-1137.html?tab=1#tabs

2. INTRODUCTION We are going to write a persuasive letter to our principal suggesting something we think would make our school even better than it is.  Use proper business letter format. (See sample.)  You may ask for an activity, equipment, a change in rules or procedures, or anything else you can think of that would be an improvement.  Keep it reasonable!  If your letter is very convincing, the principal just might do what you ask!

3. Persuasive Writing In persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince the reader to BELIEVE or DO something.

4. Where do you find Persuasive Writing? In advertisements to get the reader to buy a product In newspapers, magazines, essays and other texts to get the reader to accept a point of view In speeches, petitions, and political cartoons to convince readers to believe a certain political viewpoint On blogs, webpages, and social media sites to convince the reader to subscribe to or follow the author

5. Examples of Persuasive Writing Editorials Essays Advertisements Speeches Petitions Political Cartoons Editorial Letters Blogs Tweets Facebook Advice Columns

6. EXPLORE Let’s brainstorm reasons why people write letters. Remember that we write letters to influence someone's opinion or effect change in the community.

7. Elements of Effective Persuasive Writing

8. Elements of Effective Persuasive Writing Position: Writers need to clearly state their positions on their topics in order to persuade their readers. If a writer is not clear about his/her beliefs on the topic, s/he stands little chance of convincing someone else to make a change. In addition, when writers collaborate on a persuasive piece of writing, all involved must agree to support the same position. Sometimes writers even take a position they do not personally agree with and work to explain that position. You should emphasize this last point as students will be working in groups to develop their own persuasive letters. All students in a group must agree to adopt one single position in their letter. Attention to Audience: Writers need to adjust their writing based on their audience. This is especially true when the goal of the writing is to persuade the reader to take action. The writing style will be formal when the audience is a person in a position of authority and casual when the audience is a friend or family member. Illustrate the differences in formal and casual writing by asking students to consider the differences in the ways that they write notes (or emails) to their friends versus the way they would write a letter (or email) to the President of the United States .

9. Elements of Effective Persuasive Writing Factual Support: In order to be convincing, a persuasive piece of writing needs to include factual details. Provide students with examples of factual support (i.e., data, anecdotes, interviews, information from other sources such as newspapers and books, and so forth). Students will be using their own experiences and observations as factual support for their persuasive letters. (If you are interested in having your students practice this aspect of effective persuasive writing further, please see the extension activity focusing on Internet research following the lesson.) Effective Word Choice: Persuasive language is strong but appropriate. Writers need to choose words that are also descriptive and specific. An excellent example of effective word choice is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Ethos: Ethos is the credibility to write. Discuss what gives a particular writer credibility to write a persuasive piece of writing. Give students examples of people who would be considered credible sources on particular topics (i.e., a doctor on health issues, a teacher on education, a government official on local political issues). Ask students to consider what gives them credibility to write about school issues.

10. Persuasive Writing Topic Exploration

11. Letter to the Principal Rubric

12. PROPER BUSINESS LETTER FORMAT April 2, 2009 Dawn Scannapieco , Principal Catskill Elementary School 770 Embought Road Catskill, NY  12414 Dear Mrs. Scannapieco :         PARAGRAPH 1: A statement of what you want and a description of what you want.          PARAGRAPH 2: One reason why the principal should grant your request and at least 3 details, explanations and/or examples to support your reason.         PARAGRAPH 3: Another reason why the principal should grant your request and at least 3 details, explanations and/or examples to support your reason         PARAGRAPH 4: Restate your request in the conclusion and specify how and when you hope to hear the decision.                                                         Sincerely,                                                         Marietta P. Student , Goup 4K

13. What are some topics that you make argue or debate over? Examples: Students should be required to go to school all year. The United States troops should leave Iraq. Come up with at least 5 topics that have opposing views that interest you.

14. Persuasive Arguments Should have the following: A claim Evidence Supporting the claim (reasons) An opposing viewpoint with counter-arguments A conclusion

15. Claim Opposing Viewpoints School should start later in the day. FOR Starting later will allow more sleep for students. Rested students are good students. AGAINST Starting later will take away time from after-school activities. Example: