Persuasive writing: A classroom model

A plan for modeling persuasive writing with middle school students, using homework as the topic. – Writing requires planning, writing, and rewriting. The writing process, steps a writer follows, is instrumental in effective writing. To impress upon students its importance, the teacher needs to demonstrate a writing model. In other words, the teacher guides the students through the writing process as they work collaboratively on a writing assignment. – Writing a model essay: To model writing, the teacher writes with the students. Modeling is a process like writing is a process. Both are accomplished through different stages. Stages may be repeated several times during the process. Therefore, time allotted for each stage varies. – Begin by introducing persuasive writing with a topic that is familiar to the students. All students have experience with homework, and homework is a motivational hook to introduce persuasive… – (Source: learnnc.org, via EnglishCompanion diigo group)

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