Students will be able to ...
1. Do Now: In reading workshop identify which of these advertising techniques can be used in writing: showing before/after, songs and jingles, celebrity/mascot endorsement, humor.
2. We will discuss their answers.
3. I will pass out copies of persuasive essay and we will read it together.
4. In their notebooks, students will identify: what the author is trying to persuade us of, who her main audience is, and persuasive techniques used. Discuss.
5. I will discuss the next formal writing assigment. We will discuss what it means for a topic to be personally relevant (i.e., the author has some personal experience that goes with the topic).
6. Students will brainstorm possible topics for their essays.
Select a topic and an audience to read the topic.
Were students able to look at the essay and analyze some of the author's techniques? Are students able to select a topic that is personally relevant?