Our final official writing genre will be persuasive/opinion writing. We will begin the unit forming and supporting opinions. Next we will write reviews (books, restaurants, games, etc.). Finally, we will write letters of appeal (time permitting). Today we learned the meaning of argument as it pertains to persuasive writing. Our final writing assessment will be to produce one of these products of persuasion.
For our final project, the students will be producing a public service announcement which will be saved to their electronic portfolio. The area of study will be either health or environmental science. Students will choose from among the following topics:
- Recycling
- Composting
- Smoking
- Exercise
- Nutrition
- Bullying
- Candy Surplus
Most students have already chosen a topic and have been provided research which they will take notes from and develop into an informative piece. They will repurpose their informative piece into a script which will be taped. It has been suggested to students that they may provide their own additional research on their topic (most likely with parent assistance) to be brought into class (preferably in a note taking format).
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