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A Learning Plan in Grade 8 Persuasive

The document outlines a learning plan for an 8th grade lesson on persuasive writing. It defines persuasive writing, discusses its purposes and format, and provides steps for writing a persuasive text including choosing a topic, researching, outlining, and concluding. The plan includes interactive exercises where students will revise sample essays, write their own on assigned topics, and discuss how the power of persuasion affects daily life.

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A Learning Plan in Grade 8 Persuasive

The document outlines a learning plan for an 8th grade lesson on persuasive writing. It defines persuasive writing, discusses its purposes and format, and provides steps for writing a persuasive text including choosing a topic, researching, outlining, and concluding. The plan includes interactive exercises where students will revise sample essays, write their own on assigned topics, and discuss how the power of persuasion affects daily life.

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A LEARNING PLAN IN GRADE 8

Date of Meeting: January 17, 23, 2018


Topic: Persuasive Writing

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
a. define persuasive writing;
b. give purposes of persuasive writing;
c. identify the steps in persuasive writing; and
d. make a persuasive text.

I. Introduction
 The teacher will let students watch a short advertisement. Afterwards, she will ask
questions.

PROCESS QUESTIONS:

1. What do you think is the primary aim of the advertisement?


2. What does it mean by the word, “persuade?”
3. Where else can we apply persuasion?

EQ: How does the power of persuasion affect us in our daily lives?

II. Interaction

LECTURE POINTS:

 Persuasive writing is a writing that tries to convince a reader to do something or to


believe what you believe about a certain topic.

*It takes a position for or against something.

Persuasive writing follows a certain format:

 INTRODUCTION- with a “hook” and thesis statement


 BODY- where the argument is explained
 CONCLUSION where main points are summarized and reviewed and the reader is left
with something to think about.
Steps in writing a persuasive text:

First…Know Your Audience…

• Before you start writing, you should know your audience:


– Who will read your writing? Who do you need to convince?

Second… Pick a side!

• The writer must clearly state his/her position and stay with that position. Pick a side!
• Generally, the position is stated in the opening paragraph or introduction.

Three: Do Your Research…

 In order to convince the reader you need more than just an opinion; you need facts or
examples to support your opinion. So, be sure to do the research!

Four: MAKE A PLAN, then write!

The 6 Paragraph Essay:


1. Introduction/Hook/Thesis
2. Argument 1 with support
3. Argument 2 with support
4. Argument 3 with support
5. Show the counter-argument and make an argument against it
6. Conclusion

DOS and DON’Ts of Persuasive Writing:


(see PowerPoint presentation)

The Great Introduction…

What makes an good introduction?


• It grabs or “hooks” the reader’s attention by using one or more of the following
strategies:
– An anecdote or scenario
– A quotation
– An interesting fact or statistic
– A question/riddle
– A strong statement

Grabbing Your Audience…

• Use an Anecdote/ Scenario


– The writer provides a personal experience or made-up situation to introduce the
position.
• Questioning
– The writer asks thought-provoking questions to capture the reader’s interest.
• Interesting fact or statistic
– The writer gives an interesting piece of information to grab the reader’s attention.

(Other strategies will be seen in the PowerPoint Presentation)

Next: Creating a Thesis Statement

• A thesis statement is one sentence at the end of your introduction that states your opinion.
It needs to be strong.
• First, choose 3 main focus points to discuss in your essay. These points will become the
focus of three paragraphs in the body of your paper.

Fast food… (3 Discussion Points)


• rapidly increases weight
• causes high blood pressure
• leads to sluggishness

THREE MAIN FOCUS POINTS


• I believe fast food is harmful because it rapidly increases weight, causes high blood
pressure, and leads to lethargy.

COMPLETED THESIS STATEMENT


• I believe fast food has negative health effects.
Three Supporting Paragraphs:

• Use each of the main arguments you used in your introductory paragraph and expand on
each giving facts and reasons.
• In our example, you would write one paragraph on how fast food increases weight, one
paragraph on how it causes high blood pressure and one on how it leads to sluggishness.

Conclude or End Your Essay…

What makes an good conclusion?


 Last paragraph summarizes your main point.
 End using one or more of the following strategies:
– Call the reader to action
– Anecdote or scenario
– Make a Prediction
 The last paragraph wraps up the writing and gives the reader something to think about.

Strategies for Conclusions

• Call to Action
– Ask the reader to do something or to make something happen “I challenge you to
watch what you eat and to avoid fast food.”
• Provide a solution
– Provide an answer to the problem “Fast food doesn’t have to be “bad food.”
Make better choices like salads, fruit and low fat treats.”
• Make a Prediction
– Explain what might be the consequences of action or inaction “If people continue
to eat lots of fast food, they put their health at risk. If kids don’t make better
choices today, they won’t grow into healthy adults.”
– A question (Are you willing to risk your health?)
– A call to action (I highly recommend you consider your options the next time your
faced with a decision about what to eat.)

B. Exploration
 The students will have a quiz based on the discussion.

PREPARATORY EXERCISE:

 Each column will be given a sample persuasive essay. Students who are seated at the same
line will have to work on the same topic with their chosen partner on the same column. All
they need to do is to revise the given persuasive essay by changing or rephrasing the
introduction, thesis statement, arguments and conclusion.

(After the teacher evaluated the students’ output and the result is satisfactory, she will let
students do another activity individually.)

INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE:

Each student will write a persuasive essay about any of these topics:
(Prior to the activity, the teacher will tell students to search facts and statistics about the
topics below.)

*Death Penalty
*Teenage Pregnancy
*Absenteeism
*Broken Families
*Poverty

III. Integration
A. Synthesis/Valuing
 How does the power of persuasion affect us in our daily lives?

The ability to persuade is power, for good or for bad. Think of all the people in your life
who have persuaded you to reach higher and achieve greatness. Persuasive people keep
kids off drugs, prevent wars, and improve lives. Of course, persuasive people also get kids
on drugs, stir up wars, and destroy lives. We should focus then on the power of persuasion
for the improvement and betterment of ourselves, our friends and families, and our
communities. Let's face it, though most of us are not born persuaders, we still have the
ability to persuade people and the best way to do it is to lead them to a good direction. For
the majority of us, the arts of persuasion and influence are not gifts we inherently possess,
rather, they are forms of initiative and advocacy.

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