Persuasive writing HV2 - lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

What did you do during the holiday?

Do you have any New Year's Resolutions?

Yes!

Nopes!

If you had to pick one resolution for this new year, what would it be? Write down only serious answers, please!

Lesson 1

In class today:

Planner

Persuasive writing: what is it?

What will we be working towards?

In week 7 you will be writing a persuasive letter on one of four topics.

For each topic you will get a text.

You will read the text and take 2 arguments from the text to support your point of view.

You will think of one argument of your own.

You will write a persuasive letter of 300 words trying to persuade the reader.

Writing project planner

Week 2: introduction to persuasive writing

Week 3: Writing arguments

Week 4: Formative writing task

Week 5: Writing vocabulary test (Tuesday the 27th or Thursday the 29th of January)

Week 6: Writing arguments - repetition

Week 7: Persuasive writing test

00:25

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

01:08

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

01:31

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

Come up with a situation in your life in which you could use persuasive writing. Answer in English.

More on persuasive writing

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

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

Persuasive letter: example

What aspects of persuasive writing that were mentioned earlier this lesson can you recognize in the text on the following slide?

Think of words, sentences, structure, content.

What aspects did you recognize in this text?

Now you (hopefully) know what persuasive writing is :)

Just to be sure, check the last slide for a short overview!

Brainstorm before writing

What would you like to change?

Watch the video on the next slide, please. 

Let's brainstorm!

Think about something that is important to you and that you would like to change (at school, at home, at your sports club, in the world, ...)

You may write down your brainstorm thoughts at the next slide!

What is important to you / do you really care about?

What would you like to change about this?

Which topic would you like to write about?

Homework Thursday the 8th of January

- Finish this Lesson Up, please!

- Make sure to actually read all the information on the slides and answer the questions seriously, please.

- Otherwise it will be of no use.

Time left?

Writing paragraphs booklet.