Persuasive Persuasive WritingWriting

YouYou are learning to identify are learning to identify the main features of the main features of persuasive writingpersuasive writing

Look at the persuasive text on your table. Look through it with a partner and highlight the headings and sub-headings.

Sleep is importantNobody fully understands why we need it, but scientists think that the body uses the time to recover and to repair damage. When we fall asleep our heart and breathing rates slow down, muscles relax and our senses rest. If this is the case, are you giving your body enough rest?

Consider this. Lack of sleep means that the body and brain do not work properly. If you don’t go to bed at a reasonable time, you will be sleepy in class and not learn so much. Significantly, tiredness means you may not be able to think clearly, therefore you may also be a danger to other people. Accidents can happen. In particular, you will lack energy, and even playing becomes too much of an effort. Is staying up late really worth it?

Calling All Calling All Sleepyheads!Sleepyheads!

Sleep is important

Calling All Calling All Sleepyheads!Sleepyheads!

Well done if you highlighted…

Look through the same text and use a different colour to highlight the connectives you can see.

Well done if you highlighted…Nobody fully understands why we need it, but scientists think that the body uses the time to recover and to repair damage. When we fall asleep our heart and breathing rates slow down, muscles relax and our senses rest. Above all, if this is the case, are you giving your body enough rest?

Consider this. Lack of sleep means that the body and brain do not work properly. If you don’t go to bed at a reasonable time, you will be sleepy in class and not learn so much. Significantly, tiredness means you may not be able to think clearly, therefore you may also be a danger to other people. Accidents can happen. In particular, you will lack energy, and even playing becomes too much of an effort. Is staying up late really worth it?

Look through the text again and use a different colour to highlight the rhetorical questions you can see.

Well done if you highlighted…Nobody fully understands why we need it, but scientists think that the body uses the time to recover and to repair damage. When we fall asleep our heart and breathing rates slow down, muscles relax and our senses rest. Above all, if this is the case, are you giving your body enough rest?

Consider this. Lack of sleep means that the body and brain do not work properly. If you don’t go to bed at a reasonable time, you will be sleepy in class and not learn so much. Significantly, tiredness means you may not be able to think clearly, therefore you may also be a danger to other people. Accidents can happen. In particular, you will lack energy, and even playing becomes too much of an effort. Is staying up late really worth it?

Right, almost done! Look through the text and use a different colour to highlight the emotive language you can see.

Well done if you highlighted…Nobody fully understands why we need it, but scientists think that the body uses the time to recover and to repair damage. When we fall asleep our heart and breathing rates slow down, muscles relax and our senses rest. Above all, if this is the case, are you giving your body enough rest?

Consider this. Lack of sleep means that the body and brain do not work properly. If you don’t go to bed at a reasonable time, you will be sleepy in class and not learn so much. Significantly, tiredness means you may not be able to think clearly, therefore you may also be a danger to other people. Accidents can happen. In particular, you will lack energy, and even playing becomes too much of an effort. Is staying up late really worth it?

Now, highlight the technical language in the text.

Well done if you highlighted…Nobody fully understands why we need it, but scientists think that the body uses the time to recover and to repair damage. When we fall asleep our heart and breathing rates slow down, muscles relax and our senses rest. Above all, if this is the case, are you giving your body enough rest?

Consider this. Lack of sleep means that the body and brain do not work properly. If you don’t go to bed at a reasonable time, you will be sleepy in class and not learn so much. Significantly, tiredness means you may not be able to think clearly, therefore you may also be a danger to other people. Accidents can happen. In particular, you will lack energy, and even playing becomes too much of an effort. Is staying up late really worth it?

Keep your thinking caps on, do you Keep your thinking caps on, do you notice anywhere in the text where the notice anywhere in the text where the writer has tried to make opinion sound writer has tried to make opinion sound like fact? like fact?

Have they also dared the reader to Have they also dared the reader to disagree with them?disagree with them?

What other persuasive features What other persuasive features

are there in the text?are there in the text?

Your mission now is to come up with a persuasive Your mission now is to come up with a persuasive writing checklist that we can use to help us identify and writing checklist that we can use to help us identify and write our own persuasive texts.write our own persuasive texts.

Think about what we’ve just done.Think about what we’ve just done.

Use your partner to help you.Use your partner to help you.

Would someone else think of the same things? Would someone else think of the same things?

Can you get the same items as Mrs Wood has on her Can you get the same items as Mrs Wood has on her checklist?!checklist?!

Features of Persuasive Features of Persuasive WritingWriting

Rhetorical questionsRhetorical questions

Emotive languageEmotive language

Technical languageTechnical language

Make opinions sound like factsMake opinions sound like facts

Use present tenseUse present tense

Dare the reader to disagreeDare the reader to disagree

Appropriate connectivesAppropriate connectives

Powerful verbs and adjectivesPowerful verbs and adjectives

Your challenge…Your challenge…Your challenge is to now have a go Your challenge is to now have a go at writing your own persuasive text. at writing your own persuasive text.

Your title is Your title is

Are computer games good for children? Are computer games good for children?

You can try to persuade your reader You can try to persuade your reader either way but I should be able to either way but I should be able to say what your opinion is when I read say what your opinion is when I read them through tomorrow. them through tomorrow.

Have fun! Have fun!

Have we met our Have we met our learning objective?learning objective?

What were we What were we learning today?learning today?

Discuss with a Discuss with a partner how well partner how well you think you’ve you think you’ve achieved it.achieved it.