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Unit: Lesson Plan for Persuasive Writing Level 1 Grade: K-1 Teacher Name: Barb Freouf School: Burwell Elementary

Standards:

Objective: Write to persuade someone to rethink, take action or believe something new

Content Lesson: Discussion with students on the three reasons people argue. 1) Arguments that appeal to the brain ( Logic) 2) Arguments that appeal to the heart ( Emotion) 3) Arguments that are based on expert knowledge

Talk/brainstorm about things people argue about. Put these thoughts into each of the three categories. Have students listen throughout the day for arguments and write them down the next day….

Write/ brainstorm down topics that your students argue with others about. Choose one to have the whole class work through. Divide your class into 3 groups having each group write two sentences for one of the three reasons. One group write 3 sentences for logic, one group for emotion and one group for credibility. Then prepare a framed paragraph like the one on page 20 in the Persuasive section of Write Tools Strategies Copyright 2006. Closure: Help the students fit their sentences into the paragraph.

EXAMPLE

PACKING A SACK LUNCH Logic: cost less money …….. use the lunch box you bought me Emotion: happier…….won’t do it every day Credibility: healthier choices……. Student sentences It would cost less money to pack a sack lunch because we can use what we have. I would be happier all day. I could use the lunch box you bought me. Mom and Dad think school lunches are healthier. I will make my lunch the night before so I am not late for school.

Framed Paragraph: I wish I could take my lunch to school some days __. My parents think __ _____ I will not get up in time to help make my lunch. __ I __know I would be happier all day if I could take my lunch. I would get healthier food choices at school __. I think it would be fun to take the lunch box they bought for me at the beginning of the school year. Surely, my mom and dad will change their minds and let me take my lunch sometimes.

Materials: chart paper or whiteboard, markers, Framed paragraph Sentences strips

Duration: 1 week 15-20 minute lessons