Lesson 3 persuasive devices

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Today

Practical information

Hour 1 - Students online - watch the documentary

Students in class - persuasive devices

Hour 2 - the last persuasive devices

Assignment

2-3 minute speech

Inform and persuade an audience

Structured presentations

Each class member creates and is graded on their speech

One person is voted by the class to represent the class

25th and 26th May everyone's speeches

1st June class final 

8th June school final with the winner from each class

One winner is chosen by the jury

Balloon

Debate

Students in class

We are going to learn about...

...persuasive techniques

Give your presentation a title

Which features do you remember from the previous slide?

Fact and opinion

Which information in your presentation was a fact?

Which information was an opinion?

Comparatives and superlatives

What is repetition?

Practise

Do the worksheets in balloon debate book from page 1-3

rewrite your presentation using these techniques - homework for next lesson

Hour two

Device
Comparative/superlative	Done
Repetition	Done
Fact/opinion	Done
Exaggeration	Today
Rhetorical Questions	Today
Emotive language	Today
Personal pronouns	Today

Exaggeration

Exaggerate

Something about one of the animals you 

researched

Something a way to save an animal

Why one of your animals should be saved

Rhetorical question

Is this some kind of joke?

Do fish swim?

There's no point is there?

Is rain wet?

Go to page 4 in the Balloon Debate book

Underline the rhetorical questions

Make up a rhetorical question about one of your animals.

Emotive language

Words that make people react emotionally...

Personal pronouns

When you talk using words like 

"you can do it"

"you can make a difference"

"How would you feel if I told you..."

Personal pronouns:

I me you they he she him her them we it

Quick check

Go to page 9 in the Balloon Debate book.

Do task 1 and 2

(Leave out - groups of three/critisising the other)

Which persuasive arguments did you come up with?

Homework

Watch the short film I have posted on Magister homework before next weeks lesson.