Writing HV2 - Persuasive writing (HR) - Lesson 2

Writing practice
Persuasive writing
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This lesson contains 28 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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Writing practice
Persuasive writing

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Lesson goals
At the end of this lesson:
  1. You will know what persuasive writing is
  2. You will know how you will be tested this period
  3. You will know how to come up with an opening statement
  4. You will know how to come up with arguments to support OR counter an opening statement

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How would you translate the words 'persuade' and 'convince' into Dutch?

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Name two forms of text for which
you can use persuasive writing

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Why do you think persuasive writing is a better way of changing someone's mind than whining or complaining? Answer in English please.

Slide 6 - Open question

Write down a situation in your life in which you could use persuasive writing (answer in English)

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More on persuasive writing

In the next slides, you will learn more about how to write persuasively (convincingly).

Some of it will be repetition of what you learned in the video earlier but repetition is important in learning AND in persuasive writing!

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Why are you learning
to write persuasively???


Because for your Gallery of Honour project, you need to convince the reader why your chosen works of art from the Rijksmuseum fit your theme and why they deserve a spot in your Gallery of Honour!

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What aspects of persuasive writing that were mentioned earlier in this lesson did you recognize in this text?
Think of words, sentences, structure, content.

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How will you be tested on your persuasive writing skills?

  1. History assignment (Gallery of Honour) will partially be graded by your English teacher

  2. Writing test for English (counts 2x) - Tuesday, April 18th

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Now let's do some work!

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A persuasive text usually opens with an opening statement. This is a sentence that the writer agrees with and the writer wants to convince the reader of as well.
Examples of opening statements:
1) "Smartphones should be banned from schools."
2) "School days should start no earlier than 09:30."
3) "Borders between countries should no longer exist."
Write down an opening statement that you could use to write a persuasive text (no nonsense please).

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Arguments
Choose an opening statement from the previous slide (yours or someone else's) and think of two arguments to support OR counter the opening statement.  Write them down on the next slide (in English!).

Example: Opening statement: "School days should start no earlier than 09:30."

  • Argument 1: It is a well-known fact that adolescents need more sleep than other people. Starting school early can be detrimental to their learning capacity.
  • Argument 2: Giving teens more time in the morning will allow them to eat a healthier breakfast which will help improve their focus at school.
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Write your two arguments or counterarguments here

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Now let's check what
you've learned!

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I know what persuasive writing is
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I know how I will be tested on my persuasive writing skills for History/BV and for English class
Yes, I do!
I think so but could use a reminder
I'm not quite sure and could use a reminder
I have no clue!

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I know how to come up with
an opening statement
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I know how to come up with arguments to support OR counter an opening statement
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That's it for now!

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