Persuasive Writing Lessons and Activity
With persuasive writing, the goal is to try and convince people to agree with you. It is still important to understand that persuasive writing relies heavily on facts - not only opinions.
DO NOT confuse a persuasive writing piece with an editorial. Editorials are articles and essays written from the first person perspective that share opinions based on your own beliefs. Persuasive writing needs to include support based on researched and presented facts.
Click Below and complete the first two mini lessons:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/index.asp?topic=persuasive
DO NOT confuse a persuasive writing piece with an editorial. Editorials are articles and essays written from the first person perspective that share opinions based on your own beliefs. Persuasive writing needs to include support based on researched and presented facts.
Click Below and complete the first two mini lessons:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/index.asp?topic=persuasive