This Web lesson is designed to teach 8th Grade students to identify and use persuasive techniques. Students will use Internet resources to complete the ultimate task of using persuasive techniques while giving a persuasive speech on a topic of their choice.
Objectives:
In this Web lesson students will
1) Gain knowledge of effective persuasive techniques
2) Apply what they have learned to write and deliver a persausive speech
3) Analyze the work of others to see if it contains effective persuasive techniques.
Grade 8 Standards and GLEs:
Standard 1: Reading and Responding
3. Interpret literary devices, including:
allusions
understatement (meiosis)
how word choice and images appeal to the senses and suggest mood and tone
the use of foreshadowing and flashback to direct plot development
the effects of hyperbole and symbolism (ELA-1-M2)
Standard 7:
13. Analyze an author’s viewpoint by assessing appropriateness of evidence and persuasive techniques (e.g., appeal to authority, social disapproval) (ELA-7-M3)
Standard 4 Speaking and Listening
GLE 33. Organize oral presentations with a thesis, an introduction, a body/middle developed with relevant details, and a conclusion (ELA-4-M3)
GLE 35. Deliver grade-appropriate persuasive presentations (ELA-4-M4)
Bibliography:
http://gci.wrdsb.on.ca/library/assignments/English/persuasive_tech.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LADeliveringPersuasiveSpeech712.htm
http://www.exampleessays.com/essay_search/persuasive.html
http://www.capital.net/~bps2/nerves.htm
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/1219_01.pdf
http://www.informativespeechtopics.info/controlling-nerves.html
http://www.informativespeechtopics.info/improving-your-voice.html
www.google.com for images
http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver
