Kelly's+Unit+Proposal

I added some essential questions below. You need to set up a workshop routine that includes: reading/ analysis; discussion of effective devices in persuasive writing; mini-lessons of key strategies for persuasive writing; sharing of writing in progress, either in pairs, groups or whole class. If you blend these into a class period, your students will be active and composing with a process. 18/20

Course: Advanced Composition (11th and 12th grade)

Unit: Persuasive Writing

Texts: Texts will include internet resources (some listed below), examples of student and professional persuasive writing and speeches. In addition, students will be researching their own material for their specific arguments.

__Internet Resources__ [] Persuasion Map: [] Strategy Check List: [] Standards it Reaches: [|http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html?tab=2#tabs] Lesson Ideas: [|http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html?tab=4#tabs]

Form of Inter-textual Study: Reading-Writing Workshop

Purpose: Through research and exploration students will produce a persuasive essay in which they discuss an important issue in today's society. Through working with classmates and provided texts, students will develop an understanding of the components of persuasion all in accordance with the Michigan State Standards.

Essential Questions: How do you use persuasion to express an opinion?

Unit Questions: What are the elements of a persuasive essay? What are the elements of a persuasive speech? What are the elements of any persuasive argument? Where do we find persuasion in our media and society? Where do we find persuasion in school? How much of persuasion is logical (logos)? How much is emotional(pathos)? (it depends) What are claims, counter-claims, and refutations? What are some of the most-used fallacies?

Assessments: Formative: To be determined. Summative: Culminating essay and speech.

Learning Activities: Various group exercises, comparison exercises on elements of good/bad persuasive essays/speeches, writing workshops, peer review groups, etc