~The Power of Persuasion!~ Week ending Friday 16th October, 2020

                                                                             

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This week’s lectures were remarkable. We covered quite a bit on narrative and persuasive writing.

However, I particularly enjoyed the sessions done on persuasive writing. Persuasion, Persuasion!

Oh how I'm excited about persuasive writing! 

This video retrieved from YouTube gives a great explanation of what is persuasive writing.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9arWXIddM 

While sitting in the sessions done on persuasive writing, I vividly recalled my days in secondary school

 as a debater. I felt that rush of excitement flowing through my veins as I anticipated receiving the topics

  for writing. 

 As I reflect, I believe persuasive writing plays an important role in our everyday lives. 

From the ads on television telling us to buy Kentucky Fried Chicken because it is finger lickin' good 

to the magazine article detailing why we should eat healthy.

The art of persuasion is a critical skill for our students to master. Furthermore, it

 must be noted that inherent in a piece of persuasive writing is power- the power of words. Students 

need to understand that being able to provide a point of view and backing it up with strong supporting 

facts is enough to convince your audience. Furthermore, during a child's personal or professional life, he

 or she will rely heavily on being able to express their ideas and opinions in a constructive and creative 

way. 

Hence, on returning to my nest I will use the techniques learnt in this course to assist my flock of birds

to spread their wings in persuasive writing. 

Additionally, I equip them with the necessary techniques for 'spicing up' their writing, making it 

powerful enough to be considered and attain favourable responses.

 

In addition to the techniques we did in class, there are some others I found online that we can use in

 our classroom.  See pictures below.

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/persuasive-techniques-lessons-and-activities-6008894

 

https://www.teachwire.net/news/persuasive-writing-worksheets-and-resources-for-ks3-and-ks4-english

In my next blog I will be sharing about an engaging teaching and learning strategy used to introduce 

persuasive writing. Go check it out!

And remember 'Persuasive Writing'… Connect! Consider! Convince!