IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to PERSUADE Your Reader WRITING LESSON

TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT WRITING LESSON: How to PERSUADE your reader.

(60 minutes)

This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Opinion Columns, Speeches, Brochures, Advertisements,

Resources:

1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW

2. Resource Pack

Lesson Outcome:

By the end of this lesson, your students will have practised writing 14 persuasive writing techniques.

Activities:

1. Activity 1 MATCHING PAIRS STARTER: to match the example to the relevant technique.

2. Activity 2 SENTENCE FRAMES TASK: to create 14 examples of persuasive writing tools.

3. Activity 4: PLENARY: to identify persuasive tools using student-generated examples.

4. HOMEWORK: To complete any unfinished work / and or complete the written task based on the given prompt.

Apart from the need to print workbooks and a few bits of admin, this lesson is LOW-TO-NO PREP, INSTANTLY-USABLE.

(You just need to run through the slideshow to familiarise yourself with the lesson elements and print resource materials.)

You can use this resource as a standalone lesson, or combine it with the other HOW TO PERSUADE YOUR READER lesson:

· LISTENING LESSON:

In this lesson, students use a listening lesson audio and listening task in two groups: group ONE listens for just the techniques, and group TWO listens for just the EXAMPLES. Then, working together, the two groups collate their notes onto the acronym called FLATTERY.