FUN Persuasive Essay + Speaking: Lesson Plans, Activities and Examples 15-18yrs

Warning! These persuasive essay lessons can lead to animated students.

Want to get your students excited about writing a good persuasive essay? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -

· Understand why the ability to persuade can be a matter of life and death.
· Explore a famous movie example of a Doctor who used persuasion to rock the foundations of a major institution.
· Discover more about persuasive techniques that are used by lawyers, marketeers and politicians worldwide.
· Plan arguments that are well structured and specific.
· Write a robust Thesis Statement.
· Practice planning to write using a workable structure.
· Stay motivated, right to the end.

Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.

Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive reading activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Online resource suggestions + search terms
Example of Thesis Statement structure
Sample templates to build essay structure