Persuasive Writing Quarter 2
Carver Elementary 5th Grade
Persuasive Writing Essay
• Task: Write a persuasive essay stating
why the 5th grade students at Carver
should go on a Washington DC field
trip.
• Remember:
• Provide evidence that supports your opinion.
• Organize the essay in a structured way
• Outline the information in your document prior
to writing your rough draft.
Ideas to Better Support Your Opinion
• Connects to Common Core
• Revolutionary War (Independence from
Britain)
• Civil War
• United States History
• Reading Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
by James Swanson
Connection to Common Core
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5.H.1 Analyze the chronology of key events in the United States.
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5.H.2 Understand the role of prominent figures in shaping the United States.
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5.G.1 Understand how human activity has and continues to shape the United
States.
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5.C&G.1.3 Analyze historical documents that shaped the foundation of the
United States government.
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5.C&G.1 Understand the development, structure and function of government
in the United States.
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5.C&G.2 Analyze life in a democratic republic through rights and
responsibilities of citizens.
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5.H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major conflicts, battles, and wars on the
development of our nation through Reconstruction.
Ideas to Better Support Your Opinion
• Our itinerary for the trip:
• Explain the importance of visiting all the
sites we go to on the trip will enhance
your opinion.
Itinerary Day 1
• 6:00am
Buses depart school
• 10:30am Eat bag lunch (brought from home) before entering
Washington
• 11:30am Visit the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam, Korean and
WWII Memorials
• 2:00pm
Tour Arlington National Cemetery: Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, Changing of the Guards, JFK Gravesite and
Eternal Flame (Wreath laying requested)
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4:00pm Visit the new MLK Memorial and the FDR Memorial
5:30pm Dinner at National Place building food court food
courts (meal voucher included)
7:00pm
8:30pm
Visit the Jefferson Memorial
Check into hotel
Itinerary Day 2
•
7:00am
Continental breakfast in hotel dining room; board
buses at 8:00am
• 8:30am
View the White House for picture stop (White House
Tour request will be submitted on your behalf)
• 9:30am
Guided tour of the Capitol (requested)
• 11:00pm Smithsonian Museum Tour:
• National Air and Space
• Museum of Natural History
• Museum of American History
• National Archives
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4:30pm Depart Washington, DC; Fast food dinner in route
($5.00 cash included)
• 10:30pm
Approximate arrival at school
Carver Students at White House
Ford’s Theater
Ford’s Theater
U.S. Capitol Building
• Students will have the opportunity to
meet North Carolina Senators, and
House members.
• A House or Senate member will
present an American flag that was
flown above the Capitol building that
can be brought back to Wendell, NC.
Arlington National Cemetery
• Students will observe laying of the
wreath and changing of guard in honor
of Carver Elementary.
• Students will learn the significance of
where John F. Kennedy
is buried as well as
other prominent
figures in history.
Ideas to Better Support Your Opinion
• Expressing that the field trip company
we use is very reliable.
• Holbrook Field Trips
Holbrook Field Trips
• Holbrook Field Trips is a family owned and operated school
field trip company founded in 1974 when John Holbrook lll,
now a retired science teacher and coach in the Guilford and
Forsyth County School systems, began taking 80 to 120
students from the Carolinas on a five week summer excursion
to the west coast every summer.
• For the past 25 years their mission has been to provide quality
one, two and three day field trips for North Carolina schools to
their favorite travel destination. Last year, eleven thousand
students and teachers from 120 schools and most NC counties
traveled with Holbrook Field Trips.
• Last year Holbrook hosted over two dozen Wake County
schools to several destinations.
Ideas to Better Support Your Opinion
• The price of the trip includes many
things.
• Payment schedule makes the trip
easier to pay for.
• Fundraising allows students to earn
money for the trip.
Pricing
• $222 for Students and
Adults
$ 222 para estudiantes y
adultos
• 1 tour director & 2
guides
1 director y 2 guías
turísticos
• The price includes
tickets to all sites
visited, 3 meals, and a
$5 voucher for food on
the trip home.
El precio incluye las
entradas para todos los
sitios visitados, 3
comidas, y un vale de
descuento de $ 5 por
comida en el viaje a
casa.
Payment Schedule
• $34 by November 1st
• $50 by January 6th
• The remaining 3 month
payments will depend on our
fundraising efforts.
• If nothing is fundraised by
the student it will be $46 due
in February, March, and
April.
$ 34 el 1 de noviembre
$ 50 por el 06 de enero
Los pagos mensuales restantes
3 dependerá de los esfuerzos
de recaudación de fondos.
Si no hay nada recaudado por
el estudiante será 46 dólares
con vencimiento en febrero,
marzo y abril.
Fundraising
• Autobell Car Wash
• Begins October 13, 2014
• Students will be given two
tickets to sell at $15.99
each.
• The student gets 50% of the
profit
• $7.99 per ticket sold
• Once a child brings in the
money they will get
another ticket to sell.
Autobell Car Wash
Comienza 13 de octubre 2014
Los estudiantes recibirán dos
entradas para vender a $ 15.99
cada uno.
El estudiante obtiene el 50% del
beneficio
$ 7.99 por boleto vendido
Una vez que un niño trae en el
dinero que van a conseguir otro
boleto para vender.
Organization of Essay Options
• Introduction
• State topic and your opinion
• Body Paragraph 1- Evidence supporting Opinion
• Body Paragraph 2- Evidence supporting Opinion
• Body Paragraph 3- Evidence supporting Opinion
• Rebuttle Paragraph- Answer certain opposing
arguments someone may have about the trip
• Conclusion