1.1.+English+-+Persuasive+Writing



__ Persuasive Writing __ **Year 8**


 * ====For students to understand how texts are structured to achieve their purposes (E8LNG10). ====
 * ====To create a text for imaginative, informative and persuasive purposes that raise social issues, report events, reflect on human relationships and advance opinions (E8LCY8). ====
 * ====For students to locate and use relevant research resources including contemporary media and online resources (E8LCY7). ====


 * ====To have developed and demonstrated the required language for an expository/persuasive piece. ====
 * ====To write a 300-500 word persuasive piece on one of the issues presented in class. ====
 * ====To have participated in all of the group and individual class scaffolding tasks. ====
 * ====To be able to critically reflect on both their work and the work of others to demonstrate their knowledge of how persuasive texts are structured. ====

====Over a period of 3 weeks, students will work independently and groups to develop the necessary skills to produce their own persuasive piece of writing. The lessons will be focused around the idea that students will already have the literacy skills to complete the task. This assumed prior knowledge if justified by the Australian National Curriculum standards which states that "in Year 7, students comprehend, create evaluate and explicitly discuss a range of literary, informative and persuasive texts". ==== = =