Check Out These Links to Find Some More Great Ideas
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/?topic=persuasive
This website provides an online writing workshop on persuasive writing that you could have your students go through. It begins with two mini-lessons about persuasive writing and then walks students through the steps of writing their own essay. Students can leave and come back and simply choose the step they are on and the workshop will start from there.
http://empoweringwriters.com/improving-student-writing/persuasive-writing/
Great resource for teachers who just need a brief refresher on persuasive writing. It give a brief description, why it is important, and what a persuasive essay entails. A good site for teachers to visit when you are getting ready to start your persuasive writing unit, just to make sure that you yourself are prepared.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/persuasive_writing/
Another website that can act as a refresher for the teacher. This website provides the how and why to teach persuasive writing. It also provides some sample lesson plans, mentor texts to support instruction and ways to differentiate instruction.
http://pinterest.com/tanzb/persuasive-writing/
Who doesn't love Pinterest? If you have an account, visit the board above on which this woman has pinned a number of great resources, anchor charts and lesson ideas for persuasive writing.
http://blog.wsd.net/ebonnemort/files/2012/04/Persuasive-Writing-Oreo-and-4square-.pdf
This link will take you to a powerpoint that was made to help teachers with Common Core "Opinion Writing" which is what the primary grades call persuasive writing. It is geared specifically towards 1st grade and provides standards, two different ways students can scaffold their writing, a rubric, mentor texts, how to instruct students for persuasive letter writing, and much more.
This website provides an online writing workshop on persuasive writing that you could have your students go through. It begins with two mini-lessons about persuasive writing and then walks students through the steps of writing their own essay. Students can leave and come back and simply choose the step they are on and the workshop will start from there.
http://empoweringwriters.com/improving-student-writing/persuasive-writing/
Great resource for teachers who just need a brief refresher on persuasive writing. It give a brief description, why it is important, and what a persuasive essay entails. A good site for teachers to visit when you are getting ready to start your persuasive writing unit, just to make sure that you yourself are prepared.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/persuasive_writing/
Another website that can act as a refresher for the teacher. This website provides the how and why to teach persuasive writing. It also provides some sample lesson plans, mentor texts to support instruction and ways to differentiate instruction.
http://pinterest.com/tanzb/persuasive-writing/
Who doesn't love Pinterest? If you have an account, visit the board above on which this woman has pinned a number of great resources, anchor charts and lesson ideas for persuasive writing.
http://blog.wsd.net/ebonnemort/files/2012/04/Persuasive-Writing-Oreo-and-4square-.pdf
This link will take you to a powerpoint that was made to help teachers with Common Core "Opinion Writing" which is what the primary grades call persuasive writing. It is geared specifically towards 1st grade and provides standards, two different ways students can scaffold their writing, a rubric, mentor texts, how to instruct students for persuasive letter writing, and much more.