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Writing Persuasively in High School

Writing Persuasively in High School . Barbara Leilani Brazil Keys ESOL Coordinator/ Teacher Albemarle High School. SOL Progression of Expectations Persuasive Essay Writing. Audience and Purpose: Persuasive essays are perfect opportunities for authentic writing!

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Writing Persuasively in High School

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  1. Writing Persuasively in High School Barbara Leilani Brazil Keys ESOL Coordinator/ Teacher Albemarle High School

  2. SOL Progression of ExpectationsPersuasive Essay Writing

  3. Audience and Purpose: Persuasive essays are perfect opportunities for authentic writing! • How can students come up with their own persuasive essay topics so that the writing is more meaningful to them? Issue: Should there be video cameras in school classrooms?

  4. The Writing Process Writing Apprenticeship

  5. Pre-Writing Tools to Develop Arguments • Philosophical Chairs • Class debates- Writing about a different argument • Creating a mock newscast with interviews • Persuasion Map • Edmodo(blogging) • Take polls of other students/faculty

  6. Drafting Suggestions • Give students ample class time to free-write • Make computers available for students who want to type their drafts. • Provide a variety of MENTOR TEXTS in the form of newspaper editorials, articles, previous student work • Students may be at different places in the writing process at different times. Allow students to revise as they progress through the process. Students will need to talk ideas out with others- allow a space for a writing conference. • Provide mini-lessons on grammar, thesis development, and organization at the beginning of each writing workshop • As students draft, use the persuasive essay rubric to discuss and score sample papers.

  7. Scoring Sample Papers as a Class

  8. Sample Persuasive Essay Rubric

  9. Peer Revising and Editing • Use peer and self-revision tools like Google docs • Pick a student paper and have a debate based on the arguments and counter-arguments presented in the paper • Organize Peer Revision Conferences that are goal-oriented • Pinpoint the editing needs of each student and do topic-centered skill review with small groups

  10. Contact Information • Barbara Leilani Brazil Keys • bkeys@k12albemarle.org

  11. Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

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