Writing
Persuasive Essay
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students are going to be able to:
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write a persuasive essay in a correct form of essay, using
techniques of persuasion.
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Warm up (2 mins.)
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Lead in (10 mins.)
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PPT ( Activities) (25 mins.)
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Analyze and Edit the text (self assessment) (15 mins.)
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Group Work “Writing first draft” (25 mins.)
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Wrap up (5 mins.)
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Exit slip (4 mins.)
Resources
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SB & WB
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Smartboard
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Research Cards
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Newspaper Sheets
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Markers
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Video
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PPT
Think, Pair, Share
1- What is the form?
2- Which tense is used?
3- What is the writer’s point of
view and how did he/she
try to persuade the
audience?
Introduction
01
Give your opinion in the
topic sentence
“The introduction”.
End it with thesis
statement “Names the
pieces of evidence will
be mentioned”.
02
Body
Set your argument in
separate paragraphs
based on the thesis
statement.
03
Conclusion
Finish your work with a
strong conclusion. Make
sure you repeat what
your point of view is.
Think about your audience
01
Writing to a friend of
yours will not be like
writing to the
minister of
Agriculture for
example.
02
Use “Present Simple”
Tense.
03
Personal
Pronouns
Using words like “we,
Your, Us…” makes your
audience think you are
addressing them in
person.
04
Conditional sentences (GW)
Try to use a conditional sentence to support your
argument.
If you start to read about aliens and the evidences
found, you will rethink before saying fable.
05
Logical Connectives
Like:
Firstly,
Consequently,
Moreover,
So,
Furthermore,
However,
because,
Finally,
Therefore
06
Rhetorical Questions (GW)
Do you really think that all these
countries allocate such huge budgets
for these researches in vain?
More Examples
How could you (we) possibly…..
When are we (you) going to…..
What would happen if……
Is it really worth….
Do you want to be part of…….
07
Expressive Language
Persuade the reader with emotional language and
groups of three adjectives. For example:
“Scientists gave us a mountain of evidence proving
aliens existence.”
08 Other point of view
Show the other point of view and kill it:
“Some people say aliens exist only in the movie theatre.
However, I believe they didn’t read enough about the
recorded facts released by the Pentagon recently.”
09
Facts and Statistics
Moreover, researchers announced that they had
captured a very mysterious beam of energy in the
radio coming from the closest star to our own.
 Audience
 Use present tense
 Personal pronouns
 Use connectives
 Conditional sentences
 Rhetorical questions
 Facts and statistics
 Show other points of view
 Expressive language
Self-Assessment
1- Analyze the given sample. (Ali – Omar…..)
2- How to enhance it using the techniques we
discussed. (Malak, ….)
Group Work
Write the first draft
Wrap up
Exit Slip
Thanks!
Do you have any
questions?
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