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Katy Butler, Diedre Sellers, Molly Bohlen, Virginia Barfield Dr. Peter Smagorinsky 8 December 2005 Description of Context______ Account of Assumptions _____ Task Analysis____ __________10 Order of Activities___________ Persuasive Graphic Organizer _____________ Persuasive Outline for Candy Ac _________________15 Persuasive Paragraph for Candy __________________16 Our middle school is a relati We will be using the Georgia Performance Standards to determine our goals for the unit. Educational experts require that a expressing oneself, for taking and representi everywhere. This middle school persuasive writing on that will allow students to practice and develop the thinking and communicating skills that they will need to effectively persuade conceptual approach, teachers argument with sound claims and evidence for ing information already established, the When Kids Can’t Read – What Teachers Can Do Heinemann, 2003. Johannessen, L., Kahn, E., & Walter, C. C. Activities. Teachers of English, 1982. Reducing Writing Apprehension . Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1984. Alexandria, VA: ADCD, 1998. Account of Assumptions Throughout the course of the year, the stude nts have been writing something everyday, Task Analysis iting, students must first know how to take sort of persuasive argument, st udents must be able to choose a be able to identify specific claims, claims. Using their claims and corresponding evidence, structured outline that organizes their information into an orderly paragraph and/or essay format. Furthermore, students should know how to form appropriate persuasive paragraphs; these one claim, two pieces of nts must be familiar with how to construct persuasive writing that is format ted similar to a traditi (or more) body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Unit Hook- State Your Position Activity opinion or position over a number of stat explain their opinion. The questions or statements are topics that should be familiar to the students. This activity w taking sides and explaining a position. how their answer was more - The teacher will lead a student discussion about how to how to form a paragraph from an outline. Then, the students will the outline they created with the group. outlines and persuasive paragraphs that should choose a topic that is persua sive in nature and involves them Write three sentences about why you Burger King OR McDonald’s? Jessica Simpson OR Britney Spears? to persuade your partner that your piece of candy is the best and to eat your piece of candy. Make three claims or st atements about the candy to persuade your partner and state evidence to suppo rt those claims by using the graphic CLAIMS EVIDENCE Directions: As a group, organize one group membe outline format. Create an introductory statement th at explains the line of argumentation - why someone should choose your particular candy. This statement should introduce the three main claims. Next, arrange the three main claims and the corresponding evidence into a logical order. Finally, the group should come up with a concl uding statement that relates back to the introductory statement and sums up the main claims and evidence I. Introductory statement ________________________________________________________ A. Claim #1 ____________________________________________________________ B. Claim #2 ____________________________________________________________ C. Claim #3 ____________________________________________________________ c. Evidence _______________________________________________________ II. Concluding statement ________________________________________________________ Directions: Use the information from your audience is writing 9 or more errors (3-4 points) (5-6 points) (7-8 points)