Persuasive Writing Module

Persuasive Writing Module intended for use by Year 12 IAS students. However, this could easily be adapted for years 7-9 in the UK or grades 5-8 in the USA and Canada.

The persuasive writing modules aims to teach students the correct way to debate and write persuasively and professionally.

Lesson 1 - Lesson one serves as an introduction to persuasive writing introducing the skills needed and the techniques used such as DAFORREST .

Lesson 2 - Lesson two discusses writing professional essays from a persuasive standpoint. Teachers should also live model essay writing on the board using what is given and what students learnt in lesson one.

Lesson 3 - Lesson three refers to speech writing and goes through conventions of speech as well as how to write introductions, paragraphs and conclusions of speeches.

Lesson 4 - Lesson four uses a written article to get students to answer an exam question.

Lessons 5 & 6 are used to prepare for a debate. Lesson five teaches students how to create and use cue cards and how to debate professionally. Lesson six is a debate session. Students should peer mark each other as they go through identifying where team members have used DAFORREST techniques.