DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Persuasive writing

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Persuasive writing


The Assessment guide

http://www.naplan.edu.au/writing_2011_-_domains.html


What does that mean for our teaching?

Purpose Persuasive Writing

Audience

Teaching Ideas/ Approaches

Language features Text Structure

To argue a case for or against a particular position or point of view.To inform, entertain, persuade.

Need to consider target audience: peers, distant, general, specialised.

Oral discussion – reading and talking about the genreOral gamesUse modelsDeconstruct/reconstruct textUse writing frameworksAdapting /analysing modelsGroup/ shared workPractice sequencing IdeasAlternative points of view

Formal/informalNominaliseEmphatic languagePunctuationRhetoric QuestionsEthical languageConnectivesStatement of opinionReasonsRepetitionA hook. Thesis

Opening statement Identify argument/position

Body Opinions supported with reasons Paragraphs organised around ideas

Conclusion Summary and restatement of opening statement. Leave reader with clear picture of view point

AdvertisementsLettersPamphletsSpeechDebateNewspaper ArticleCartoons

Format


Purpose and Audience

•Why are you writing?

•What is your purpose?

•Who are you writing for?

•Who is your reader or audience?

•Can not achieve more than a 2 if not a persuasive piece.


Audience Category 2


Audience Category 3

Argument is clear and supported with some evidence. The distinction between cages and zoos is made clear through reasons presented.


Audience Category 4

Supports reader understanding with sufficient detail on subject matter. Begins to engage and persuade by attempting to establish relationship with a more adult reader through language choices ( only certain animals..., most zoos mimick..., reduce the risk of being hunted...)


Making the topics personal and relevant to the students

• something they have an attachment to• a little controversial and open to debate

Topics to engage

Practice responding to a stimulus: - T‐charts - concept maps


Your Topic

Teachers should be given one day each

week to plan.


The organisation of the structural components of a persuasive text

- introduction clearly stated point of view

- body arguments and elaborations to support

position

- conclusion is the position restated

How can I teach structure?

Hamburger organiser 5 paragraph organiserT Chart


Rhetoric questions

Logos - logic

Pathos - emotion

Ethos - ethics

Modality

Conditional statements

Hyperbole

Emphasis

Figurative language

Nominalisation

Persuasive Devices


Persuasive Devices – Category score 2

•2 statements of personal opinion

•2 conditional if statements


Josh’s usage of devices


Josh uses a variety of techniques including

• Narrative beginning (form of poetry) as a ‘hook’• Bold statement demand change and order• Direct appeal to reader – you’ll be convinced...• Ethos – usage of facts although Jack the ripper fact is questionable ...this obviously not true as it is a known fact...• Pathos – a minute of silence and may they rest in peace• Logic – first aid skills, facts• Hyperbole/exaggeration ...some extreme cases- shrinking testicles• Modality – should, will be, • Rule of three - ...all been brainwashed, kept in the shadow of the truth, led to believe.....• Humour – for his teacher and our audience• Emphatic statements – forced to live in these constraints, ..now that I have proven to you...• Recognition of opposing view i.e. parents will say...

What did you hear?


Vocabulary

Discuss with students the type of words:• that persuade • power words that emphasise

urge

exceptional

ultimate

certainly

definitely

superb

abundant

www.snappywords.com http://www.wordle.net/

absolutely


Transitional words and phrases (e.g. however , or , finally , before ) contribute to the unity (cohesiveness) of a text. Indeed, without these words or phrases, a text will most likely seem disorganised and will often be difficult to understand.

Transitional words and cohesion

AdditionBesidesFurthermoreIn additionAdditionallyMoreover

Contrast & ComparisonBesidesFurthermoreIn additionAdditionally

ReasonBecauseDue to the factSinceOn account of

EmphasisingObviouslyIn factIndeedAbsolutelyUnquestionablyWithout a doubtcertainly

Timethen, now, first, second, next, before, after, today, tomorrow, at that point, subsequently, eventually


Literature, Magazines and TV commercials

Using visual media is a great way to grab the student’s attention to highlight:

• audience• persuasive techniques

Media such as:• picture books• TV commercials• magazine commercials• YouTube clips


Websites•A range of PowerPoints ready to use in your classroom including The hook and Transition words can be found at: http://jc-schools.net/writeaway/

Resources

•Writing fun by Jenny Eather http://www.writingfun.com/

•Remote schools resources have a curriculum pack specifically for persuasive writing aimed at a variety of year levels found at: https://portal.ntschools.net/sites/LearningLinks/rscam/prim_years/py_cp7/default.aspx


http://www.det.nt.gov.au/teachers-educators/assessment-reporting/nap/schools

ACARA National Website

http://naplan.edu.au

Resources

DET NT Website


Documents

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Persuasive writing