Crafting opinion and persuasive papers /
Offers ideas and projects for teachers to use while teaching their students how to write opinion and persuasive papers.
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| Language: | English |
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Gainesville, FL :
Maupin House Publishing, Inc.,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to teaching opinion and persuasive writing
- Why teach opinion and persuasion?
- The instructional sequence
- The lessons
- Using the WHAM format
- Using craftplus
- Step one-identifying issues
- Introduction and expectations
- Lesson 1 : understanding fact vs. opinion
- Lesson 2 : exploring topics
- Lesson 3 : narrowing topics
- Lesson 4 : researching an opinion
- Lesson 5 : writing a proposal letter
- Optional lesson ideas
- Step two-crafting an opinion paper
- Introduction
- Lesson 1 : writing a thesis statement
- Lesson 2 : supporting your thesis
- Lesson 3 : organizing your information/finding a clincher
- Lesson 4 : writing a hook and lead paragraph
- Lesson 5 : writing the body
- Lesson 6 : closing type-probable outcomes
- Optional lesson ideas
- Rubric for an opinion paper
- Model opinion paper
- Step three-examining persuasive elements
- Introduction
- Lesson 1 : author's purpose in persuasive essays
- Lesson 2 : audience
- Lesson 3 : understanding both sides of the issue
- Lesson 4 : criteria for evidence
- Lesson 5 : discussing the other side
- Optional lesson ideas
- Step four-crafting a persuasive essay
- Introduction
- Lesson 1 : lead types
- Lesson 2 : writing about the five Ws
- Lesson 3 : organizing a persuasive essay
- Lesson 4 : persuasive paragraph types
- Lesson 5 : including opposing facts
- Lesson 6 : closing types
- Optional lesson ideas
- Rubric for a persuasive essay
- Model persuasive essay.