1.   The Game of Persuasion Students practice making persuasive arguments using a designated list of powerful words.

2.   The Persuasive Letter Highlights a lesson plan for teaching your students the components of writing a persuasive business letter.

3.   What's in a Name? Shares a lesson plan on business letter writing. Students are required to write a persuasive letter arguing that a confection company should change the name of one of its candy bars.

4.   Pictures and Slogans Persuade an Audience! Shows a lesson plan for teaching students about the persuasive tactics used in advertising, including word choice and symbols, which students apply towards creating their own visual presentations.

5.   The Art of Persuasion Sharpen students' vocabulary, persuasive writing skills, and knowledge of the constitution with this lesson plan in which they write a mock letter to the president.

6.   Write for Change Student read the book Hoot then learn to organize their thoughts on key issues, do research, and communicate their ideas in a persuasive letter.

7.   My Favorite Activity (Grades K-2) Students will understand the basic purpose and use of persuasive writing.

8.   Write Persuasively (Grades 3-5) Students will learn how to write a persuasive article..

9.   Create a Playbill! Students learn the purpose, set up, and construction of an advertisement for a drama by making their own playbills.

10.   Presenting Persuasively (Grades 9-12) Students will learn to review the elements of persuasive communication and to understand how to combine all elements into an effective persuasive presentation.

1.   Telelesson Title Telelesson Title: Pen Pal Wrap-up Created by: Sheryl E. Larson Total Time: 45 min. Lesson Overview The students will write a reaction to the pen pal project. This information will be used to revise future pen pal projects. Standards Based Goal Chamberlain Language Art Standard - Writing: write persuasive writings which include valid and reliable evidence. Student Objectives The students will write two paragraphs of six or more sentences each giving their reaction (positive and negative) to the project that will include all the parts of a paragraph. Prerequisite Skills Paragraph writing, persu...

2.   Beginning Persuasive Writing/Essays Vision View the standards Return _ Unit/Lesson Plan _ Beginning Persuasive Writing/Essays Description The following lesson is an introductory lesson within a unit on persuasive writing. The lesson will take approximately five-50 minute class periods. The purpose of the lessons is to introduce students to the features of persuasive writing. The goal is for each student to develop a...

3.   Lesson Number 3 Lesson Number 3: Features of a Persuasive Essay Learning outcomes (from the English 12 IRP): demonstrate a willingness to explore diverse perspectives to develop or modify viewpoints support a position, interpretation, or response by citing specific details, features, and information from what they have read, viewed, or heard explain and evaluate t...

4.   Persuasive Writing Lesson Vision View the standards Return _ Unit/Lesson Plan _ Persuasive Writing Lesson Description Using prewritiing skills and a graphic organizer, the goal is to write a persuasive paper. This is a four-day plan of approximately 40 minutes. Goal/Standard/Level/Benchmark 3.B.2 3.C.2.a KRSP Knowledge: Recognize writing style Define style of writing Select prompt Reasoning: Brai...

5.   Keypal Unit- Persuasive Writing Telelesson Title: Keypal Unit (Persuasive Writing) Created by: Susan Hageman Total Time: 4 (45 minute) sessions Lesson Overview: This lesson is part of a yearlong keypal unit to improve written and oral communication skills for fifth grade students. This lesson is intended to help my students write persuasive pieces. Students will be asked to descr...

6.   We are "right" on when we write. Writing Rubric Grade 3 Vision View the standards Return _ Unit/Lesson Plan _ We are "right" on when we write. Writing Rubric Grade 3 Description The purpose of the unit is to develop and use a writing rubric for a Narrative , Expository, or a Persuasive writing prompt. They need to be easy for the students to understand. Goal/Standard/Level/Benchmark 3.C.1.a KRSP Knowledge: Identify a paragraph with a topic sentence and suppo...

7.   Choose Me! ...by Recycling Choose Me! Author Information Author: Glenda Stafford & Margaret Payne Organization: N/A Email: staffordg@ebcsd.com Lesson Plan Information Subject: Language Arts Category: General Grade Level: Seventh - Eighth Duration: 2 days Description: An Activity to teach students the elements of persuasive writing. Goals: Each student will write a correctly formatted persuasive letter Objectives: After being given a diamond fact sheet, the students will assume the identity of a diamond and write a correctly formatted persuasive letter to a jeweler. Educational Resources: writing notebooks pens/pencils Referen...

8.   Pegasus and Bellopheron- Writing Persuasive Myths Dallas Symphony Orchestra 1/19/2008 Pegasus and Bellopheron- Writing Persuasive Myths Persuasive Myths Teaching Objective Students will write a persuasive paper using prescribed methods. Resources Copies of A Synopsis of Pegasus and Bellopheron Writing materials Teaching Sequence 1. Have students read "A Synopsis of Pegasus and Bellopheron" to familiarize themselves with the st...

9.   Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizer- 5th Gr. LD Vision View the standards Return _ Unit/Lesson Plan _ Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizer- 5th Gr. LD Description Twelve 5th grade LD students will learn to organize their thoughts to complete a graphic organizer as a component of a Persuasive Writing paper. This lesson may take multiple sessions in order to complete. The students will then complete their own graphic or...

10.   Language Arts: The Powers of Persuasion LOGO - PULSE The Powers of Persuasion Author: Jill Torrey Emmons Time: 1 class period Preparation 10 minutes to Time: make copies. Materials: Article on persuasive writing, such as ?Three Ways to Make Your Communication More Persuasive? by Robert Abbott Abstract At this point students should have a good understanding of the many different techniques used in persuasive texts as well as in the media. Now students can use that background to begin to write their own persu...