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Teachit trail

The persuasive writing trail:


http://www.teachit.co.uk/index.asp?
currmenu=238

Starter activities (can double as plenaries):


Syntex: advert for Warwick Castle

Build the slogan and comment on its structure.

Persuasive techniques bingo

Bingo style game based on persuasive techniques


and their definitions. Instructions are included.

Pick a pair revising the features of


persuasive writing

Notebook resource based on the game of pairs.

Persuasive techniques

Persuasive matching cards (inc. Flash version). Do


the exercise using the examples provided, then get
students to create their own from another text
(Charity leaflets such as Amnesty International and
Oxfam are a good place to start.)

Revising persuasive tactics

PPT based on the A FOREST mnemonic.

Main activities:
Introducing & exploring terminology
Persuasive writing skills a set of
worksheets covering (nearly) everything!

A basic introduction to techniques.

Persuasive writing worksheet

Good for homework: students write on sheets to


consolidate understanding.

Investigating persuasive texts


Dickens letter to The Times

Students annotate Dickens letter with the relevant


persuasive techniques.

Dirty dogs etc: Persuasive writing mini


unit

A variety of resources

Persuasion skills

See checklist on p3 use for analysing a text or for


peer assessment of students own work.

15 random adverts crunched in Teachits


Cruncher

Comes with a Tweakit offering tips and suggestions.

'Send a Cow' practice questions and


answers

A detailed commentary on the use of persuasive &


rhetorical techniques.

Being persuasive
Save my dog!

Students use persuasive techniques. Designed as

Teachit trails are mini-schemes which plot a pathway through a site or curriculum area. Each trail comes
complete with a trail map containing an at a glance list of useful Teachit resources, and a more comprehensive
trail guide with suggestions, tips and topic specific advice. For access to other Teachit Trails, go to:
http://www.teachit.co.uk/trails.

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Persuasive writing trail


S/L exercise includes optional written element
(letter).
Writing to persuade exam preparation

Includes useful list of sentence openers.

Teachit trails are mini-schemes which plot a pathway through a site or curriculum area. Each trail comes
complete with a trail map containing an at a glance list of useful Teachit resources, and a more comprehensive
trail guide with suggestions, tips and topic specific advice. For access to other Teachit Trails, go to:
www.teachit.co.uk/trails.

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Persuasive writing trail


This trail is designed to help students learn about (or revise) persuasive writing techniques and
then write persuasively themselves. You can mix and match the activities according to the needs
of the students and the time you have available (ranging from one lesson to three or four).

Get going
As a Starter, try Persuasive techniques bingo or Pick a pair revising the features of persuasive
writing in order to help you gauge how much everyone already knows. If you find that the answer to
this question is not much, go to Main activities 1 (below); otherwise, have a look at Main activities
2 and 3.
For a more developed Starter, use Persuasive techniques (Matching cards with a flash version
available too): students have to match a definition to a persuasive technique and an example. Then,
consolidate the learning by asking students to substitute the given examples for their own and try
them out on their peers. Alternatively, try the Syntex: advert for Warwick Castle: students have to
recreate the advert in jigsaw-puzzle mode and in so doing they are practically applying their
knowledge of some persuasive techniques (short sentences, use of the second person, active verbs,
hyperbole, etc.) painlessly!
The mnemonic A FOREST, handily explained through a PowerPoint presentation, is useful to help
students remember key persuasive techniques in the heat of an exam.

Main activities 1: introducing and exploring terminology


For those students who need a solid grounding, Persuasive writing skills a set of worksheets
covering (nearly) everything! is ideal. There are four worksheets, each covering a different aspect.
Set up a round robin system in the class, or get different groups to go through one sheet each and
present their findings to the class. Follow up with Persuasive writing worksheet (for homework?) to
anchor the learning.

Main activities 2: explore some models


Now have a look at some effective persuasive texts. Dickens letter to The Times is a striking and
moving example, perhaps best suited for KS4, while Dirty dogs etc: Persuasive writing mini unit is
great for KS3 and comes with a full scheme of work tagged to the NLS. The PALL (Purpose,
Audience, Language, Layout) checklist on p.3 of Persuasion skills is useful for analysing a persuasive
text of your own, or those that the students have brought in (or even written themselves!).
Investigate how/why adverts are persuasive by completing the 'Send a Cow' practice questions and
answers activity (which comes with a detailed commentary on some of the persuasive techniques
used) or by exploring 15 random adverts crunched in Teachits Cruncher (it comes with a Tweakit
with further suggestions on how they could be used).

Main activities 3: being persuasive


Younger students will enjoy the Save my dog! activity: the idea is that students adopt the role of a
particular dog-owner and have to persuade you that their dog is the one to be saved from a rare virus.
Its a Speaking and Listening exercise and can be developed through getting everyone to write a letter
too. Challenge everyone to use as many different persuasive techniques as possible! GCSE
students could try the sample exam question in Writing to persuade exam preparation and some
may wish to cut-out-and-keep the list of handy sentence openers to use in all their persuasive writing!

Nearly there
After all this, to assess students new understanding, use one of the starter activities that you didnt
use before and see how far theyve come! Then get them to persuade you that, after all their hard
work, they can go to break five minutes early.
Teachit trails are mini-schemes which plot a pathway through a site or curriculum area. Each trail comes
complete with a trail map containing an at a glance list of useful Teachit resources, and a more comprehensive
trail guide with suggestions, tips and topic specific advice. For access to other Teachit Trails, go to:
www.teachit.co.uk/trails.

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