I. Curricular Framework
Concept:
Persuasion
Essential Question:
What personal connections can you bring to the skill of persuasive essay writing?
Bridge:
Reflection Visual
Content:
Persuasive Essay Writing
Outcomes:
II. Standards Aligned
III. Instruction and Assessment
1. Connect: Connecting to the Concept Experientially
Objective: To create an experience through which students can make decisions about their reasoning skills.
Activity: Teacher sets this scenario: "Your school district is building a new school. Write down what you would name it and three reasons why."
Assessment: Involvement of students in process.
2. Attend: Attending to the Connection
Objective: To have students share their decision-making process and reasoning about their choices.
Activity: Students share and discuss their name choices and the reasoning behind the choice. Students vote on the most connected choice and reason.
Assessment: Involvement of students in process.
Assessment, Phase One, Level of Engagement, Fascination:
3. Image: Creating a Mental Picture
Objective: To analyze the experience of reasoning.
Activity: Students create a visual depicting the process of persuasion as experienced in the “Naming the New School” vote.
Assessment: Connection of visual to the persuasion process.
Assessment, Phase Two, Seeing the Big Picture:
4. Inform: Receiving Facts & Knowledge
Objective: To analyze what is "persuasion" and see examples in essay form.
Activity: Read textbook chapter on "persuasion." Read a model "persuasion essay."
Assessment: Teacher questioning for student understanding.
Assessment, Phase Three, Success with Acquiring Knowledge:
5. Practice: Developing Skills
Objective: To further explore what is "persuasion."
Activity: Students write an analysis of the model essay read in Quadrant Two Left Mode. Their analysis should use information gleaned about "persuasion" from textbook.
Assessment: Quality of analysis.
Assessment, Phase Four, Success with Acquiring Skills:
6. Extend: Extending Learning to the Outside World
Objective: Refocus on aspects of "persuasion."
Activity: Write a rough draft of persuasive essay topic chosen by either teacher or students.
Assessment: On-task behavior of students.
7. Refine: Refining the Extension
Objective: Analyze what has been learned.
Activity: Students take essay home overnight. Have parent or other adult read rough draft and make written comments and suggestions plus sign paper. Students write final draft of persuasive essay.
Assessment: Following instructions; quality of persuasive essay.
8. Perform: Creative Manifestation of Material Learned
Objective: To share what has been learned.
Activity: Students read essays aloud to class and then post on bulletin board.
Assessment: Quality of student efforts both written and oral.
Assessment, Phase Five,Performance, Creative Use of Material Learned:
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