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Persuasive Techniques in Writing, a Thanksgiving Unit

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Cover of Eat More Chicken!, a persuasive writing unit for grades 3-5, showing a crossed-out roast turkey beside cutlery
Introduce the Thanksgiving argument students will make
Stop the Madness! letter from Tommie Turkey asking students to persuade people to eat chicken instead of turkey
Read aloud as the hook that launches the writing task
Definition card: in persuasive writing the writer presents his or her opinion and tries to get the reader to agree
Anchor chart for defining the genre before drafting
Ways to begin an argument: turkey-themed sample openings that use a question, a snapshot and a statement as the hook
Mini-lesson model for writing a strong opening hook
Transition words grouped for giving reasons, giving details and concluding, such as For instance and In conclusion
Reference sheet to keep at hand while drafting
Sentence starters for arguments: Clearly, The fact is, While I agree that, Studies find that, Research agrees
Display poster to support students' opinion sentences
Facts Supporting Safety of Turkeys: students read passages on turkey personality, fat and cholesterol, and bird flu risk
Research source for gathering evidence for the argument
Facts Supporting Chickens for Thanksgiving: passages on chicken's protein, low saturated fat and selenium content
Second fact sheet students mine for supporting details
Argument planner: students state their argument, list three reasons each with a supporting detail, then restate it
Prewriting organizer to complete before the first draft
Persuasive Writing Rubric scoring introduction, sequencing, conclusion and arguments from Excellent to Needs Improvement
Use for grading final essays or peer review
Attributes
Subject

Holiday & Seasonal, ELA, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Writing

Grades

Grade 3, 4, 5

Types

Lesson Plans, Teacher Tools

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Kerry Boles
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About This Product

Students will enjoy this Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Unit during the holiday season.

There are posters included to share transition words, sentence starters and more.

Students will complete their graphic organizers prior to writing and then use the template to write.

What's Included

14-page PDF

Resource Tags

Thanksgiving November writing unit persuasive writing sentence starters supporting facts argumentative essay graphic organizers rubric

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