We have been developing persuasive writing pieces this nine weeks and discussing ways we can convince people to agree with us or to do something. The students have all picked something they feel passionate about so they can try to persuade others. Here are some resources that may be useful in coming up with reasons and examples to support their opinion.
Questions to consider:
Should schools be required to make school lunch more healthy? Should teachers be allowed to use candy as a reward? Download School Lunch 1 Download School Lunch 2
Should our government fund space missions? Download Space exploration 1 Download Space exploration 2 http://www.space.com/news/commentary_top10_030912.html http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/reasons.html http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/reasons2.html
Should Varner start using video games for homework? Download Video game homework 1 Download Video game homework 2 http://bbrathwaite.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/bringing-games-into-the-classroom-video-game-inspired-homework/ http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/fun.games/09/21/playstationhomework/index.html
Why should people who are involved in animal abuse/dog fighting be prosecuted? http://kare.homestead.com/ http://www2.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kids_ri_home
Why should we get a pet? http://petsandpetals.com/ http://stress.about.com/od/lowstresslifestyle/a/petsandstress.htm http://www.preciouspets.org/newsletters/articles/healthbenefits.htm
Should boys and girls go to the same school or seperate schools? Decide what you think.
These links has advice for writers of persuasive pieces: http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills7.html http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/persuasive.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/index.asp?topic=Persuasive http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/pers.html
