PERSUASIVE WRITING: EDITABLE PRESENTATION AND GUIDED NOTES (YEAR 3-4)

This resource will help you teach the structural elements of the persuasive genre and enable your students to write persuasively. The 47 editable slide presentation and 13 page student guided notes (Cornell-style) will help you present a step-by-step approach to teaching writing. Written samples are provided at each stage of the writing process.

Students will record information as you present. Best of all, the slides and student note-taking sheets are editable empowering you to modify the resource to suit your students’ needs. You will be able to edit all written content. All clip art is secured. This is in accordance with the artists’ terms of use. You will receive an editable Power Point file and a PDF file if you do not wish to make any changes to the existing file.

ITEMS INCLUDED

• Editable Power Point presentation comprising of 47 slides complete with animation
• 13 page Cornell-style student guided notes (also editable) to use in conjunction with the PowerPoint presentation.
• PDF files of the presentation and the guided notes
• Teacher Guided Notes (answer key) PDF file
• 6 Writing Prompt Cards (colour and black and white)
• Self-editing and peer-editing checklists; Teacher Marking Rubric
• Graphic organisers, Writing Sheets
• 6 Teach To Tell fonts used in this resource (comes with installation instructions). All fonts are embedded, however if the fonts do not show up due to computer settings, then you will need to install them.

The writing sections in focus are:

• Learning to Write Persuasively (overview of persuasive writing)
• Learning to Write a Hook (Strong Statement, Question and a fact, (samples of each)
• Learning to Write an Introduction (hook, opinion)
• Learning to Write a Body Paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details)
• Learning to Write a Conclusion (summary statement, re-statement of reasons, call to action)

As each writing section is introduced and taught, students will have the opportunity to identify the structural elements and write an introduction, a body paragraph and a conclusion observing written samples.

Content information and writing samples for each writing section will help model and scaffold students’ writing.