Writing to Persuade is filled with fun, high-interest writing topics that will give your students a variety of opportunities to improve their writing skills. The first activities focus on the fundamentals of persuasive writing, such as using strong words and images to convey a message. Guided writing activities challenge your students to write advertisements for print, radio, and television media, identify audience appeal, use valid reasons to support their persuasive writing, write various types of letters, and much more. All activities are reproducible. Students will use graphic planners, such as webs and Venn diagrams, to organize their thoughts and ideas before writing. Writing to Persuade is the perfect tool to use when teaching your students the techniques of effective persuasive writing.
